In front of the installation there is a polyester figure called I am a Fox. It is a leaning mannequin figure with the head of a fox, as if trying to replicate the animal's pose. The mannequin, a human model used in clothing, is transformed into a metaphor for the human being himself: by covering itself with the fox's fur, which is like an imprint on its back, the mannequin also turns into a fox, or at least imagines itself in the fox's fur. The mannequin is also an allusion to the catwalks of fashion events, where the skins of farmed animals are used to showcase extravagant models. The catwalks, the artificial spotlights, the camera flashes, the beauty of the shimmering fur, but without the life that had lived in it, are like the next stage of the fox's artificial life cycle – the continuation of the no longer alive, but "beautiful" fur in the sphere of the cultural industries. |
NATURE/CIVILIZATION I
Factsheet
- Dimensions
- 100cm, 60cm, 150cm (Height, Width, Depth)
- Weight
- 4kg
- Year
- 2021
- Material
- Mixed Media, Plastic