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Outside, birds are chirping, and spring appears to have arrived. The migratory birds have returned from overwintering in another world—but in the wrong place and at the wrong time. An early summer has fooled them.
Inside, we encounter the birds—or fragments of them—both caged and free, yet in fractured states. They appear in metamorphic and symbiotic fusions with their habitats, which are shaped by both their natural environment and human transformation. They’ve entered another universe, and the house has become their biotope. In a sphere of magical realism, even time has leapt out of its clock-cage, leaving a tear in the veil between worlds.
Like the cage, the clock becomes a symbol of our human desire to control the wild. The urge to possess, comprehend, reject, and refine. The wristwatch is a human conquest over time—we own time and adorn ourselves with it. In WILD WATCH, the double meaning of “watch” emerges: to observe and guard, but also to objectify. In...More
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Outside, birds are chirping, and spring appears to have arrived. The migratory birds have returned from overwintering in another world—but in the wrong place and at the wrong time. An early summer has fooled them.
Inside, we encounter the birds—or fragments of them—both caged and free, yet in fractured states. They appear in metamorphic and symbiotic fusions with their habitats, which are shaped by both their natural environment and human transformation. They’ve entered another universe, and the house has become their biotope. In a sphere of magical realism, even time has leapt out of its clock-cage, leaving a tear in the veil between worlds.
Like the cage, the clock becomes a symbol of our human desire to control the wild. The urge to possess, comprehend, reject, and refine. The wristwatch is a human conquest over time—we own time and adorn ourselves with it. In WILD WATCH, the double meaning of “watch” emerges: to observe and guard, but also to objectify. In...More
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