ballardian four, 2015–17
Plasterboard, glass, metal (house)
Shower curtain, metal rod, camp bed, soft PVC foil, Plexiglas, velcro (inside the house)
Shower curtain, metal rod, camp bed, soft PVC foil, Plexiglas, velcro (inside the house)
Made of two near identical structures, posed at an angle and apparently held by a central hinge, Ballardian House addresses a notion of doubling, coupling, and splitting. The two parts constitute separate but connected elements: while one section of the house is accessible and may accommodate a living inhabitant, its double is inhabited only by a stone.
replaced by words (shower), 2017
Soft PVC foil, Plexiglas, velcro
The work evokes a utility (a shower), a site (the place of this utility), and a fictional location. The words (taken from J. G. Ballard's texts) are in place of the missing object: "...white teeth, hips drawn in a sleeping smile. The shower now in the bathroom, a soft spatter like distant rain...".
Photo © Andrea Rossetti