from the project Trans_Forma
2017
collaborative project with Michael Rees
3d scan, 3d print chrome plated
photo: Veronika Lukasova
Michael Rees we discussed a lot the significance
of a 3,500 year old Chinese divination bone that
had been ritually burned. The fissures caused by
the intense heat allowed those present at the
divination ritual to see into the future. The prophecy
was then carved into the bone’s surface in writing and kept.
The uncovering of the burial places in China where many of these bones were found changes their meaning from our
The uncovering of the burial places in China where many of these bones were found changes their meaning from our
perspective. For us they are not transmitters into the future but we view them as
historical records of early writing.
The object straddles time and space and is an excellent representation of the complicated nature of the described relationships above. An enlarged replica of the bone with a mirror-like surface that reflects its surroundings forms becomes the absorbing of the presence.
The object straddles time and space and is an excellent representation of the complicated nature of the described relationships above. An enlarged replica of the bone with a mirror-like surface that reflects its surroundings forms becomes the absorbing of the presence.
In this setting the meaning is changed. Highly reflective surface interracts with the environmet. There is the Oracle Bone
confronted with LED display WHATEVER IS NOT SAID MATTERS. Moving red reflection
is like a fire used for oracle in the acient China. It is
the reflection of dialog between AI and human which reffers to
the very serious topic relating to human future.
the reflection of dialog between AI and human which reffers to
the very serious topic relating to human future.