THE SACRED SAFE. MAYBE PRISON?

2021

interactive video installation mirror, sugar, wax

Variable size with chain

The title, as it suggests, wants to convey the preservation of some value, and the question arises: what if you are in bondage?

It conveys a value that is hidden from the eyes of the world, but we know it is there in that magic box and, as in many cases, can be destructive or constructive in nature. Something they can steal that is important to us and sometimes needs to be brought to the surface for a better purpose, even to get rid of it, to sacrifice for change. The safe, we are ourselves, and our semi-intangible value is our identity, our psyche.

Our soul is our most important value. As for value, we have to hide it to protect it. But what happens when it becomes a prison for what can only exist within the framework. What walls surround it? Do you have doors, windows and locks? Need a key? If we are also victims, do we not see ourselves as that victim, is that why we are different? What happens if we open or hide forever what is there?

Through the four interactive game pages of the wall, the most basic problems of young adults in capitalist society appear:

burnout, family pattern, representation, search for identity.