Globe Spring/Damper
GLOBE Spring/Damper
GLOBE Spring/Damper
Works from the Cycle Economy, Segment Balance, Variation Socialism/Capitalism
Explanations by the artist on the work entitled: Functioning?
Is socialism good or bad? Is capitalism good or bad? A question to which you get different answers depending on who you ask. A question of faith? Or rather to answer unequivocally? As so often in life, questions on ethical issues cannot be answered unequivocally. Good and bad and opinion surrounding you, very different in science between true and false lies assumption. If the assumption is scientifically clarified, it becomes a truth. Scientific, reproducible and comprehensible.
The work of art Functoning poses the question of good and bad. Right or wrong with regard to the various economic function models and real existing economic forms in our world and tries to answer you with an analogy from technology.
If I were asked whether I am a capitalist, I would answer the question with a resounding yes, just as I would answer the question whether I am a socialist with a resounding yes. For many people, my answers would present a clear paradox.
A comparison with a racing car. Would the toughest racing driver come up with the idea of setting up his racing car in this way and doing without the damper or the spring in the suspension/damping of his racing car? No, because he couldn't win a race that way. The damping/suspension of the car has to be adapted to the road surface and needs damping to dampen road bumps and a spring so that the damping/suspension system always returns to its zero position.
Otherwise, with only one damper, the system would quickly reach the lower waypoint and there would be no further way to dampen. Work is force times distance. So no more energy could be absorbed. Conversely, a system equipped with only one spring would not be able to dampen bumps in the road and the car would quickly lose contact with the ground and fly out of the corner.
Terms such as capitalism, socialism, spring, damper, oscillation, movement, collapse, courage, greed, etc. appear in the artwork. They symbolize the various forces in our society that need to be balanced in order to achieve and maintain a stable, peaceful society.
The sphere in the work of art symbolizes our earth or society and is to be understood at the same time as a cushioning ball. A spherical feather wraps around you. Which can also be understood as a kind of snake in paradise. Important and correct, but it must be kept in check.
