Circulation in the garden

Sculptures for the garden X, realization in the Podzámecká garden, Kroměříž, 2019

The circulation follows a series with the same name, which tries to solve the problem of constantly recurring cycles. This theme is also reflected in these objects, which are partially automatically generated by the computer. These three representatives of never-ending shapes (circle, figure eight and loop) are automatically rotated by rods that hold the shape itself and that rotate in an imaginary spiral located inside. The whole installation encounters transience and a constant cycle around us. It also deals with the issue of the absence of materiality and its importance (insignificance) in contemporary art. The 3D printing technique is used as a sculptor’s tool, which uses it to facilitate the work, but at the same time it is limited by its possibilities and tests its boundaries. The PVA material is destined to perish during normal printing and serves only as a support material and is intentionally selected and used for the production of sculptures, but due to its properties in reaction with moisture and water it is predestined to perish. Hours of work on the buildings are thus irreversibly destroyed by the environment of the Long Pond itself. The gradual dissolution of objects under the impact of drops of water and their subsequent disappearance is a reflection on the very need of man to leave a trace, which, however, often disappears over time.

The individual objects are printed on a 3D printer from a soluble PVA filament, which in normal printing is used only as a water-soluble support for the 3D printing.