The images accompanying this project are AI-generated simulations and scale models. Due to the nature of the material and the variable scale of the work, "Sphere" can't exist in a permanent state. For this reason, the piece must be produced for each exhibition, within a clearly defined timeframe.
Sculpture/Performance , unfired clay, D 100 cm
At the center of the exhibition space, Sphere, a large, raw clay sphere, stands as a world to be touched, altered, consumed. Initially perfect and untouched in its form, it soon begins to show signs of change: cracks, fingerprints, voids left by those who have removed a piece.
The material, unfired and destined to dry out, makes interaction a time-limited opportunity. Visitors are granted complete freedom in how they engage with the work: they may take small fragments or large portions, reshape its form, touch it without removing anything, or simply observe. There are no imposed rules or boundaries, every action contributes to the transformation of the piece, leaving it's fate uncertain and entirely in the hands of the public.
Each visitor is faced with a choice: how much to take? How much to leave behind?
This decision reveals an ethical and collective challenge: the desire to possess a fragment clashes with the awareness of contributing to the disintegration of the whole. Greed may hasten the disappearance of the work, turning it into a fleeting performance consumed by its own audience. Yet if approached with restraint, Sphere can transform without vanishing completely, becoming a public sculpture.
Once removed, each fragment begins to dry slowly inside a specially provided plastic bag, a material deliberately chosen in contrast with the organic, mutable nature of clay. The plastic, transparent and protective, holds the fragment as we often try to hold onto what is destined to change, suggesting an act of preservation.
What was once part of a solid whole becomes a fragile piece to be handled with care, a tangible memory of its existence within a collective process.
The work thus exists in a delicate balance between interaction and destruction, between individuality and community: a metaphor for our relationship with the environment, shared resources, planet earth and the greed that threatens to consume them.
In the end, what remains is not only what can be seen, but also what each participant has chosen to take, or to leave behind.
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