Polaris
2023

A site-specific installation in the former surveillance room of U.S Embassy
8 hand-cut and carved glasses with business ID’s of U.S based companies called North Star (Polaris)
and UV protected film covering the whole surveillance room.

802755589
26784490
543009892
companies in U.S cyber security ; Insurance ; investments ; engines & Batteries.
Investigating the contrast between success-seeking-development industry and astrology as understanding nature.

Activating the former surveillance room of the U.S Embassy,
The light shimmers and the windows are dark.
Polaris is put under surveillance
46 times larger than the sun
It forms a navigation system on the North sky
universal symbol for many
Metaphor for guidance, navigation and success
locked inside surveillance

(since the roads are ruff and the streets are narrow these days)

The light shimmers in and the windows are dark
Name of multiple companies in the U.S, cyber security, insurance, investments, engines, batteries and motorcycles,
02-0634020
13-3863788
20-0840108
20-1006705

But what happens when the sky is grey you can not see

or navigate
where to head then?
Belief polarisates
door points to North
The structure eats the light
Bare eyes lie:
3 stars instead of one
Almost stationary
“the star that sits still”
Still moves

Comprehensive facilities on belief systems
Projections on behaviour
Stationary for navigation
Aesthetic of purpose
Metaphor for success

‘I can not see the stars from the basement”

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part of a group exhibition  Everything That Grows Underground @ West, Den Haag