Maya Kramer 玛雅·克莱默
From Where it Springs, 2009
Recycled wood, bricks, magazines, trash, computer, speakers, microphone
回收木料、砖、杂志内页、垃圾、电脑、音响、麦克风。
回收木料、砖、杂志内页、垃圾、电脑、音响、麦克风。
Dimensions Variable
尺寸可变
尺寸可变
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From Where it Springs, is a large-scale interactive installation, consisting of six life-sized trees constructed from recycled plywood covered in various types of paper waste: magazines, maps, product packaging etc....
From Where it Springs, is a large-scale interactive installation, consisting of six life-sized trees constructed from recycled plywood covered in various types of paper waste: magazines, maps, product packaging etc. On the floor lays a carpet of salvaged bricks, and in the middle of the room stands a wishing well on a tiered platform. Here, viewers can speak their wishes in the well and their wishes are recorded by a computer. Subsequently, the computer selects various wishes at random from its database and then reiterates them to the viewer via speakers mounted in the trees.
This work unearths the tensions inherent in our wishes –yearnings that simultaneously conform to and contradict the images and desires promulgated by the advertising industry. The trees covered in trash are the embodiment of media and material excess; and yet, the paper trash returns to the form of its origin and the installation invokes the natural realm that exists beyond a media saturated world. In this quasi fairytale like setting, viewers can consider whether their inner most desires are reflected by the larger cultural sphere, and if there is a discrepancy, they can imagine a world in which those two realities are in sync.
This work unearths the tensions inherent in our wishes –yearnings that simultaneously conform to and contradict the images and desires promulgated by the advertising industry. The trees covered in trash are the embodiment of media and material excess; and yet, the paper trash returns to the form of its origin and the installation invokes the natural realm that exists beyond a media saturated world. In this quasi fairytale like setting, viewers can consider whether their inner most desires are reflected by the larger cultural sphere, and if there is a discrepancy, they can imagine a world in which those two realities are in sync.