It looks like an engine from a not so distant past. Kids are very attracted to it, elders get a nostalgic feeling.
A coal-fired boiler hisses and pufs large amounts of dirty smoke into the air ...
... the large yellow cable leads through a window ...
... and gives power to run computers in the exhibition area upstairs.
What looks like a playful installation gets more serious, at a closer look ...
... we detect blackened lungs. The whole story and concept of this installation can be found
HERE
more works by these artists at the ARTEFACTFESTIVAL
Tantalium Memorial - Reconstruction by Harwood, Wright and Yokokoji (UK/JP)
'Tantalum Memorial is a series of telephonybased memorials to the people who have died as a result of the 'coltan wars' in the Congo.'
Graham Harwood (UK) - Aluminium
a video with fabulous images, view it
HERE
ARTEFACTFESTIVAL 2011
THE EMERGENCE OF THINGS
15 - 24 February 2011
STUK arts Centre
Leuven (Louvain)- Belgium
