Artist: Ilie Duta
Place: Timisoara, Romania
Year: 2016
Type: sculpture
Materials: epoxy resin and honeycomb
In his attempts to build an idealistic utopia, Cervantes unearthed the most suitable character, Quijote, the extraordinary magician who managed to create the illusion of happiness. In practice, my point of view strictly characterizes needs and desires. I wanted to depict this centuries-old example in search of aesthetics, beauty, and safety.
This project consists of two parts and is intended to be interpreted from three distinct perspectives provided by three human elements: Viewer-Observer-Artist.
The first part features three identical elements representing windmills arranged around a central element, a geodesic dome - the unique element of the second part.
Symbolically, the windmills generate an idea that brings to mind both alternative energy that can sustain a dome in a possible future world where resources are scarce and a parallel with Cervantes' Don Quixote and his struggle in a world constantly oscillating between real and unreal.
Almost a statement
"The first human element, the viewer, is the one who observes the work up close, from within it, at a primary level, managing to observe the details (the construction of the work itself).
The second human element, the observer, is the one who studies the viewer from outside the work (allowing observation from the outside through the hexagons and pentagons of the dome).
The third human element, the artist, reserves the right to analyze what is happening with the work itself when the other two interact and to see from somewhere above (at least theoretically) the relationship and reaction of the other two, they now being part of the work. Thus, the work moves from the stage of installation (a fixed ensemble) to a moment of interaction between observers (in a happening constrained only by the placement of the work)."
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