Energeia series

2012

 

12-piece series

 

PCB boards, coal, copper wire

 

10 x 16 cm each

Science, politics and esoterism evolve around the concept of energy. Most of these disciplines under their strict dependence of the capitalist canon.

 

The root of this term; ἐνέργεια or its transliteration Energeia is found in greek terminology, among others, as “power in action”. Coined by Aristotle, he referred to it as to something being in its own type of action or at work. Nevertheless, he suggested that the word can be made clear by looking at examples, rather than trying to find a definition

 

Small pieces of coal—an energy-generator— are arranged to form a composition on PCB boards—energy-conductive—into which old mechanical technical drawings from a GDR car factory are etched, thus transferring a labor gesture to a current technological medium.

 

  • Exhibited at:
  • – 2012, Doomed scape (solo show), Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy
  • Collections:
  • – Ojo Andino Chile – Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection
  • – Buttazzoni private collection
Energeia, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
Energeia, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012
Energeia, exhibition overview, Perlini gallery, Padua, Italy, 2012