site-specific installation
No Budget Show
October, 2016
Removal means movement. A change of place is associated with moving burden, which can also be understood in a symbolic way. What is more, every change is a turbulent process full of rumbling and chaos. An industrial wire rope winch moves a sofa up and down the stairs in an irregular manner. As the piece of furniture bangs the stone stairs, there is a lot of noise, which resembles thunder. Even though it all happens between the 3rd and 4th floor, vibrations are felt in the whole starcase of the building. This movement of the sofa is not regular but rather repetive; thus, it can be perceived as uncontrolled. The process is a metaphor of the ineffectiveness of human effort