99 Helium filled balloons, 1 2kg brick, 24K gold leaf, string, barbed wire.
'It's My Party and I do What I Want To!' is a durational installation that responds to the widening income gap.1 gold covered brick is suspended over a bed of barbed wire with 99 helium balloons making it float safely. Basically: the 99% of the population holding up the 1%.
Credit Suisse and Forbes reported that as of 2016, the 1% own more than 50% of the world’s wealth. This work aims to comment on this disparate and widening wealth gap.
Installation Shot: Dolores, Mexico City. 2018. Presented with KM 0.2This work was first shown at Luis Adelantado, Valencia, 2015.
'It's My Party and I do What I Want To!' es una instalación duracional que responde a la brecha salarial existente en el mundo.
En 2015, Credit Suisse y Forbes reportaron que a partir del 2016, el 1% sería dueño de más de 50% de las riquezas mundiales. Esta pieza busca expandir el diálogo sobre esta brecha, que sigue incrementando.
Un ladrillo recubierto en pan de oro es suspendido por 99 globos de helio sobre una alfombra de aproximadamente 7,000 chinchetas. Al transcurrir las semanas, los globos se comienzan a desinflar, resultando en el aterrizaje del ladrillo (símbolo del 1%) sobre las chinchetas, lo cual deja al descubierto el valor descartable del 99%, representado por los globos.
99 Helium filled balloons, 1 2kg brick, 24K gold leaf, string, barbed wire.
'It's My Party and I do What I Want To!' is a durational installation that responds to the widening income gap.1 gold covered brick is suspended over a bed of barbed wire with 99 helium balloons making it float safely. Basically: the 99% of the population holding up the 1%.
Credit Suisse and Forbes reported that as of 2016, the 1% own more than 50% of the world’s wealth. This work aims to comment on this disparate and widening wealth gap.
Installation Shot: Dolores, Mexico City. 2018. Presented with KM 0.2
This work was first shown at Luis Adelantado, Valencia, 2015.