Fountain(2018)
Mixed media
(Diameter 180 cm, height 110 cm)
/ work info
A satellite dish is resting on the ground like an abandoned relic, rusty and dripping as in the aftermath of a heavy rain. This former receiver now becomes a transmitter, the drops of water making ripples travelling outward through time and space. The sculpture’s title (Fountain) might refer to another famous found object. The reutilization of ready-made objects is widespread in contemporary art, but finding objects is also part of the daily life of archaeologists. Fountain mixes these two worlds. The satellite dish looks like an archaeological relic, and as such the work perpetuates a classic theme in science fiction: speculation about what will be left of our civilization in the distant future.