A bad picture of a damaged artwork........however today it just seems apt to resurrect this piece. Made in 2004 (Approx) this work uses piano Keys, hammers and saw blades to create a 'New God' the piano keys represent a korowai or feather cloak. The idea of a new god came from the realisation that this country is like a child still struggling for identity, still alternatively embracing and rejecting each parent by turn as it wrestles with defining itself. The struggle was to find a new identity to strive for, it's (the countries') own.
Currently the piece is missing a 'cup' on the left. One side has 2 hollows and a cup and the other 2 cups and a hollow. The hollows indicate the absence of the other. The maths of the piece imply that 1+1=1.
Perhaps the current damage is indicative of the some of the current racial dischord. That reminds me, I should really fix this up!
2 comments:
one of my faves and for no apparent reason but your explanation played a similar tune to the one I was feeling, a black and white discordance, wood and steel
Choice. 1+2+3+4 = 10 (10 is one).
The axiom of Maria Prophetissa.
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