dissolve
1 flagpole, 150 spray nozzles, tuber, waterpump.
The flag, a symbol understood like no other sign in all countries of the world. In its capacity, it marks a belonging, indicates privileges and rights of a group of people or a nationality. In the installation "dissolve" a flag is replaced by volatile water mist and installed on a flagpole. On the direct level, the spraying stands for a fleeting existence, for Life itself: all living matter disintegrates and becomes one with its surroundings, just as water diffuses into the air. Figuratively, too: empires, states, and organizations pass away, their flags become relics, and the material from which they were created decays over time. On the other hand, its form questions and counteracts the attributions, levels of meaning, and treatment of "classic" flags; its fluidity contradicts the symbolic meaning they have acquired throughout history: It cannot be touched, hoisted, or folded.
