CYCLE
2023
Sculpture, mixed media, aluminum, ceramic tiles, front slam panel, temperature, single-channel video.
02 min 35 sec.
The Cycle project concentrates reflections on the metabolism of technological reproduction and its connection with
the processes of life, dying and rebirth.
The main material of the sculpture is aluminium — the most common metal and the third most common element of
the earth's crust, which includes natural and synthetic. Like other metals, aluminium is recycled, which makes its
life cycle continuous and endless. Aluminium is called "dead metal" — unlike other elements, it does not participate
in the metabolism of any living creature on the planet. At the same time, aluminium is actively involved in the
metabolism of technological processes and the industrial cycle, which gives rise to the paradox of infinite life and
the rebirth of "dead" matter.
The project focuses not so much on working with the material as such, but rather captures changes in states and
considers the concept of deformation through topologies of successive impacts and experiments. Can the
paradoxical gap between the living and the inanimate open a new portal for speculative scenarios of the future?