exp. 3: Affect Archives
Sinthujan Varatharajah, Osías Yanov. 22 February - 25 July 2020. 3rd part of the three sequential moments unfolding from Sept. 2019 to July 2020, 11th Berlin Biennale space at ExRotaprint complex.
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A key element of Osías Yanov's contribution is the everyday utensil of the spoon. Exploring different processes of group play by incorporating this object of sensual significance for the mouth, the body, and the tongue, he celebrates the spoon as symbolizing the permeability of the body. The artist engages with the object as a tool of “re-sensitization,” an implement used for feeding, for putting things into each others’ mouths, and as a way of describing bodies nesting against each other.
Through an immersive installation caressed by soft colored light, sculptural objects are constructed using the spoon: table-like sculptures and a clock as well as columns extending from floor to ceiling. The low tables are covered with a thick layer of salt—a traditional healing substance known for its capacity to regulate emotional temper, clean bad energies, and heal wounds—a landscape that visitors are invited to draw on with their fingers and that is used by the artist for body choreographies.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder, universes.art
Text: Berlin Biennale
Sinthujan Varatharajah, Osías Yanov. 22 February - 25 July 2020. 3rd part of the three sequential moments unfolding from Sept. 2019 to July 2020, 11th Berlin Biennale space at ExRotaprint complex.