BREATH

Installation: PE foil, PVC tubes, air pump, life-sized | 2007

Everyday objects made of transparent plastic foil connected by hoses.
When the air pump is activated, the limp plastic objects seem to breathe: they stretch and grow, taking on the shape of a table, armchair, radiator, houseplant, picture frame and cushion. As soon as the pumping stops, you hear the air escape and see the objects go limp.
Inanimate things that are solid in our normal perception suddenly seem to have an animated quality and breathe visibly and audibly.