A machine produces a soap bubble and tries to prolong its suspension in a controlled atmosphere. The apparatus makes the work of delaying disappearance tangible. This technological vanitas does not eliminate fragility: it turns it into a duration of observation, between care, control and waiting.
Location : Archive: work dated 2015/16, presented in Edge of Now, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, South Korea, 12 July–16 September 2018. The artist’s video documentation was uploaded in December 2015.
Artist : Verena Friedrich creates time-based installations combining organic materials, electronics and sculpture.
Sources : Verena Friedrich · Nam June Paik Art Center.