Skateboarderistismatronics (Fan)2004, sculpture

A series of sculptures reminiscent of roof fans, built using skateboard shapes and other household objects. Regarding these works, the artist claims: “The idea of making a ceiling fan also relates to tropical places such as Brazil, where such fans are common household objects. These works offer an approach to appropriation that goes beyond the plain use of the object itself. The found boards have scratches and stickers that tell a story, a sort of personal narrative of the former user …. They are abandoned trophies or, to me, fragments of found secrets that have been exposed. They are also about forcing together objects that belong to completely different spheres of culture.”