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Substitute II

Substitute

I substituted a person - which is the heart shaped balloon in the picture. It is a tactile object - the so-called waterpearls inside it feel strange when object is shaken.
These waterpearls can oxidate - see in the bowl - and though they are synthetic, they feel very organic. Like rotten fruit.
This turned the whole thing into a vanitas, which is also a replacement - symbols are substitutes themselves.

However, there is no vanitas without a skull, so I made them.

The raft of the Medusa III.

Statement II.

This was the second statement: for we see now through a mirror obscurely. And in fact you would see only your reflection in this object until you would get close enough to the glass to block it out.

I was told to take the four objects and play around with them. I made about 120 combinations and here is a selection of that. What I ended up with is at the bottom - it is a sort of a magic trick, but I was surprised and delighted.

The raft of the Medusa II.

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Photo - sculpture - photo

The endresult:
The process:
I wanted to make myself a friend like the dog I had in the picture.
Then I discovered these toy-eyes, and how they define a body.
And the fact that what has been seen, cannot be unseen - once you see the laughing face on the left (eyes, water/mouth, ditch/beard, you cannot not see it anymore.





Leading up to it, I took pictures of when and how these eyes would work:





























It works pretty much like the faces-in-places concept, only here the eyes define the space, the body - and also the character. So it's not only recognition, but also construction. Especially with the Pomodori - when the eyes are off, the character is gone.