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BICENTENARY Saturday, 9 October 2010 PATRICIO AROS SOL Faculties of Humanities and Theology Faculty of Humanities Language Section |
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Ephemerelization (Interactive intallation) The installation will consist of an ordered set of boxes with various quotes written in various languages. A globe will rest on the boxes as well as some chocolate coins that are there for visitors to take and eat. The formal idea of the installation is to create a sculptural body, with cardboard boxes, which can interact with the interior architecture of the building. |
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| In conceptual terms the installation aims to show a variety of content with a restricted use of media. The title of the installation refers to the "Ephemerelization." This term was coined by Richard Buckminster (July 12, 1895-January 7, 1983) an American architect, designer, writer, inventor and futurist. Buckminster developed the concept of "Ephemerelization" which is in his own definition: "To do more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing." | |||
| Richard
Buckminster was convinced that the accumulation of relevant knowledge, combined
with the quantities of major recyclable resources that had already been
extracted from the earth, had attained a critical level, such that competition
for necessities was not necessary any more. Cooperation had become the optimum
survival strategy. "Selfishness," he declared, "is unnecessary
and hence-forth unrationalizable.... War is obsolete."
Inspired
then in the "Ephemerelization" concept I decided to make an
art installation that suggests some of the ideas of this unique American. |
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| * Born 1969 in Santiago, Chile. Lives in Malmö since 1987. Studied in the Malmö Art Academy, Lund University. |
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