Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels

Communicating Vessels

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Communicating Vessels revolve around objects and installations constructed as either processes or events. They do not entirely belong to the non-material domain, nor do they fit the stereotypical image of a fixed piece of art. Life cycles of such works are dependent on properties of fragile and volatile substances as well as on external factors affecting them. Still, their passing and change do not mean loss, for depletion, decay and death are followed by growth, restoration and rebirth. The exhibition’s title draws on the mechanisms of physics, which become a point of reference when depicting the characteristics of process-oriented artworks. These, making use of materials susceptible to transformations, act like liquids contained in communicating vessel systems: under certain circumstances their matter begins to circulate, takes forms different from the original ones, yet their essence remains unchanged. Shifts inside the system result from a bundle of factors, and relationships are established on many levels: both within one piece, with its specific physical qualities, and where the work interfaces with its environment, viewers, creators, or with other pieces.

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