Rings of Saturn
It’s not a globe; it’s a world.
When our bodies interact, we require both touch and distance. A liveable world is a world where interactions and spaces are cherished. These 24 Kt golden spheres problematise our interactions as “the right distance”. They can be carefully viewed, even gently touched but not too much. They look like globes but represent a world. While a globe can be shattered and disappear or melt into something else, a world makes sense only for humans who are attentive with the spaces they inhabit, who are aware of the fragility of things and appreciate their touch, their presence but always from a certain distance. A globe is a material thing that will sooner or later dissipate, disappear or change. A world emerges whenever people thoughtfully attend to their environment, when these globes, like all the things that surround us, are treated with consideration, when distance is as important as attention. While a globe hands in space, attracts and adapts to physical forces, in a world people transformed their desires into gentle gesture, into the right balance between proximity and distance, tender contact and a necessary interval. That’s the distinction between a globe and a world: the first is nature - the second is culture.
Come closer, look and touch but not too much. They look like globes, but they are worlds … and all worlds have delicate points.
Vlad Ionescu
