Maya Kramer 玛雅·克莱默
There is No Logic to the Days, 2007-2009
Mixed media 综合材料
Dimensions Variable 尺寸可变
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A defunct spiral staircase sits in a jungle made from the The New York Times; it, in turn, is in a room covered with quotes randomly selected from the newspaper used...
A defunct spiral staircase sits in a jungle made from the The New York Times; it, in turn, is in a room covered with quotes randomly selected from the newspaper used to construct the plants. The work contests the notion that humans can transcend disorder and decay, and instead reiterates the cyclical nature of existence.
If staircases imply progress, this broken one indicates the inability to escape to an alterior idealized reality. In making the plants, the silhouette of the leaf has been cut out of the newspaper, creating a sense of absence. Using newspaper for the plants has a two-fold function: to document the changing nature of experience, and to reinforce re-occurrence as plant material made into the newspaper transforms back into 'plants'. Additionally, sentences extracted from the newspaper are randomly printed on the walls. The text emulates the vast and often contradictory database of experience that makes up our daily lives.
一座废弃的螺旋楼梯置于由《纽约时报》制成的丛林中，而丛林本身则位于一个房间内，墙上写满了从该报纸中随机摘录的句子。作品质疑了人类摆脱无序和衰退的可能性，重申了存在的螺旋本质。
如果阶梯象征着进步，这座破败楼梯的尽头无路可通，暗示着从当下逃离到理想化现实的不可能性。报纸被剪成叶子的形状来构建丛林中的植物，从而留下负空间，营造出一种缺失感。使用报纸作为植物的材料具有双重意义：一是记录生命体验永恒变化的特质，二是强调重现的概念，报纸由植物制成，又在此被塑造成植物的形态。此外，从报纸中摘录的句子被随机复刻到墙面上，文本重现了构成我们日常生活的庞杂而矛盾的体验。
If staircases imply progress, this broken one indicates the inability to escape to an alterior idealized reality. In making the plants, the silhouette of the leaf has been cut out of the newspaper, creating a sense of absence. Using newspaper for the plants has a two-fold function: to document the changing nature of experience, and to reinforce re-occurrence as plant material made into the newspaper transforms back into 'plants'. Additionally, sentences extracted from the newspaper are randomly printed on the walls. The text emulates the vast and often contradictory database of experience that makes up our daily lives.
一座废弃的螺旋楼梯置于由《纽约时报》制成的丛林中，而丛林本身则位于一个房间内，墙上写满了从该报纸中随机摘录的句子。作品质疑了人类摆脱无序和衰退的可能性，重申了存在的螺旋本质。
如果阶梯象征着进步，这座破败楼梯的尽头无路可通，暗示着从当下逃离到理想化现实的不可能性。报纸被剪成叶子的形状来构建丛林中的植物，从而留下负空间，营造出一种缺失感。使用报纸作为植物的材料具有双重意义：一是记录生命体验永恒变化的特质，二是强调重现的概念，报纸由植物制成，又在此被塑造成植物的形态。此外，从报纸中摘录的句子被随机复刻到墙面上，文本重现了构成我们日常生活的庞杂而矛盾的体验。