Snack Fountain 2019
Snack Fountain 2019
Snack Fountain 2019
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Snack Fountain is a water feature sculpture built in 2019 and originally shown as part of an exhibition, 'Sentient Home Devices'.
Sentient Home Devices, was a series of physical and digital sculptures reimagining the legend of Tsukumogami in a contemporary setting. While it is not widely known in the West, Tsukumogami is a prevalent concept in Japanese folklore, as the collective term for once inanimate household objects that gain sentience after 100 years of service. The objects sprout limbs, faces and personalities, their temperament determined by how well the Tsukumogami was treated in the years leading up to its transformation.
The message I take from many of the folktales involving Tsukumogami is the idea of honouring your objects - taking good care of them and not discarding them frivolously. This message is all the more poignant in the midst of our current climate crisis, and the mounting consequences of throw away culture - our discarded plastic objects are starting to take revenge and wreak havoc upon the planet, like mistreated Tsukumogami.
In light of the recent revelation that many of the items we put into recycle bins in the UK still end up being shipped to other countries for landfill, Snack Fountain is an ode to disposable food containers, an attempt to give them the respect they deserve, rather than being immediately discarded.
www.karachin.co.uk
Sentient Home Devices, was a series of physical and digital sculptures reimagining the legend of Tsukumogami in a contemporary setting. While it is not widely known in the West, Tsukumogami is a prevalent concept in Japanese folklore, as the collective term for once inanimate household objects that gain sentience after 100 years of service. The objects sprout limbs, faces and personalities, their temperament determined by how well the Tsukumogami was treated in the years leading up to its transformation.
The message I take from many of the folktales involving Tsukumogami is the idea of honouring your objects - taking good care of them and not discarding them frivolously. This message is all the more poignant in the midst of our current climate crisis, and the mounting consequences of throw away culture - our discarded plastic objects are starting to take revenge and wreak havoc upon the planet, like mistreated Tsukumogami.
In light of the recent revelation that many of the items we put into recycle bins in the UK still end up being shipped to other countries for landfill, Snack Fountain is an ode to disposable food containers, an attempt to give them the respect they deserve, rather than being immediately discarded.
www.karachin.co.uk
