Site-specific installation, archival board, giclée print, inkjet print, print on lithographic film, glue dots, glue, 15 m x 9 m x 4 m, Rottstr.5 Kunsthallen, Bochum, Germany 2017
Farewells transforms a large space underneath railway arches into a station where people in transit meet. Theme is the journey in all its aspects. There is a movement of hundreds of three – dimensional figures of various sizes throughout the space. They populate the floor or wall space, while others are ceiling-bound. The bending and folding of cut – out photographic prints into three – dimensional sculptures exaggerate the physique and posture of the travellers. Almost all are wired, and some seem to be in a praying position. Visitors are able to walk around the cardboard sculptures and experience them from all angles. The title was inspired by Boccioni’s work, States of Mind: Those who go, those who stay and Farewells. In 1911, the futurists were in awe of new machines and the velocity of speed; museums and everything old were discarded, and the future was celebrated.
