Immense Screw

Immense Screw, 2022, metal, electronic devices and robotic equipment, 30 x 20 x 15 cm

 

The screw is installed as part of a blank wall. This gives the viewer the feeling that something is missing. Usually, the screw in a gallery space is associated with hanging artworks. It does not mean anything in itself. The gallery visitor is surprised to see the screw on its own, but he is even more surprised when he approaches the screw, and in reaction to his presence it starts to turn out of the wall. This change of paradigm has an almost magical effect on the viewer. The viewer’s amazement grows when he realizes that the first time the screw is turned, it starts to rain (outside the gallery), as can be heard from behind the wall, and that with each subsequent turn, a thunder rumbles somewhere in the immense distance. In this installation the artist works with the phenomenon of butterfly wings.

 

počáteční fáze

Počáteční fáze pohybu

The initial phase of movement

 

stěna

Druhá fáze hřmění a déšť

The second phase of thunder and rain

 

rotace

Rotace

Rotation

 

hromobití

Hromobití

Thunder and rain

 

zadní pozice

Rear position. A technical device ensuring the coordination of the movement of the screw and sound with the recording of the storm.

 

vrut zezadu

Detail zadního posazení kinetického vrutu.

Detail of the rear seat of the kinetic screw.

 

synchronizace se zvukem

Synchronizace se zvukem

Synchronization with sound

 

fixace

Fixace