Bonne Chance

The sculptures made from salt are shaped like double-sided fists. Each contains a ceramic core formed like a knot. The symbol of the fist speaks to change, a revolutionary force and transformation, while the knot inside is unsolvable, infinite, eternal. Five of the six fists form the Newton’s Pendulum and break and change every time the sculpture is activated: the cocoon of the salt fists breaks open with every swing and reveals the ceramic knot while the salt crust falls to the floor where it remains as a relic of change. The activation is repeated weekly, each time changing the sculpture and movement irreversibly. The sixth sculpture is installed after a greater gap. It is outside the system and cannot be hit by the swinging system. It remains unchanged while it formally indicated the movement.

Bonne Chance, 2023, salt, ceramics, paraffin, steel cable, momentum, performance, 6 pieces, each approx. 18 x 18 x 18 in. / 46 x 46 x 46 cm