weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.
weak spots (2021) Polished light mast fragments, pigeon-repellent system, police helmet visors, foam mattress, Alucore® composite panel, acrylic sheet, porcelain figures, fascia roller (cement casting),polystyrene, collector‘s plate „Berliner Schloss“, artificial gold leaf Variable dimensions
The installation „Weak spots“ juxtaposes the vulnerability of the human body with its architectural counterpart by fusing these together. The main element here is the column, which normally serves its purpose when it stands upright, distributes weight and strcutures spaces. Petrov‘s columns, however, do not fulfil their predeterined functions. Dysfunctional and oblivious, they stand in the way like loose fragments of an indefinite architecture. Estranged porcelain candleholders serve as a unstable base for one of the five column sculptures. Another column has a capital composed of overlapping police helmet visors. The dialectical tension between protection and transparency carries on in the form of a pigeon repellent system attached to the shaft of a third column. A collector‘s plate from the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin with an image of the Berlin Palace is hanging on the wall. Like the original palace, the one on display here has also been destroyed, along with its image carrier. The plate was broken by the artist, only to be put back together with a thick layer of cement, covered with artificial gold - a humorous reference to the Japanese reparation technique Kintsugi. „Weak spots“ explores architecture as a mean of organizing relationships in public space and iquires its political and social mplications. It showsthe subtle entanglement of these structures with the human body by transforming everyday objects into architectural figures.