The air in my house was heavy, now it weighs 26 kilos
object, 2014
material: gypsum
dimention: 39 × 26 × 28 cm
photo: Tomasz Pastyrczyk
The first realised piece was a gypsum cast of 'air' from my family home. I calculated the approximate weight of all the air in a 70 meter square flat might have. My cast was lighter: The Air in my home was heavy, now it weighs 26 kilos. Much better now. I stopped taking antidepressant pills and the antianxiety drugs. All the supplies I had ammassed I enclosed within the object Goodbye Venlafaxinum, Alprazolamum, Citalopramum, Doksepinum (2014). This move, however, proved to be premature. I soon started to feel low again...(...)
an excerpt from the PhD Thesis by Aleksandra Kubiak "You’re a Cute One, Sweetie"
(translated b y Iza B-Kelly, Simon Kelly)
The air in my house was heavy, now it weighs 26 kilos
object, 2014
material: gypsum
dimention: 39 × 26 × 28 cm
photo: Tomasz Pastyrczyk
The first realised piece was a gypsum cast of 'air' from my family home. I calculated the approximate weight of all the air in a 70 meter square flat might have. My cast was lighter: The Air in my home was heavy, now it weighs 26 kilos. Much better now. I stopped taking antidepressant pills and the antianxiety drugs. All the supplies I had ammassed I enclosed within the object Goodbye Venlafaxinum, Alprazolamum, Citalopramum, Doksepinum (2014). This move, however, proved to be premature. I soon started to feel low again...(...)
an excerpt from the PhD Thesis by Aleksandra Kubiak "You’re a Cute One, Sweetie"
(translated b y Iza B-Kelly, Simon Kelly)