APATHY FOR THE SETTING SUN. 2010
Cast plastic unions, fluorescent lights and candleseventually extinguished by institutional policy.
3 x 3 x 2.5m (LxWxH)
APATHY FOR THE SETTING SUN, 2010 – refers to the idea that the sun sets over a thousand timesa day all over the world. Begging the question whether this nostalgic moment,this constant state of setting could have any significance. The object when seenin the context of the title becomes an artificial sun; it represents thecentre, the protector, the provider of warmth and life, while simultaneouslyexpressing the latent explosive danger inherent in the technological andeternal hydrogen bomb. The work is supposed to mirror its own agendum, as theromanticism of the naked flame, the natural light (the candle) has beenextinguished by the infrastructure that supports the synthetic florescentlight. The work is also a gesture towards the age of latecapitalism.