Steel, wheels, castors, lifting slings, stained wood, monitors, cables, 3D-animated videos (0:30min, looped)
The work “Labour of love” is concerned with the tension between responsibility and love, care and burden and the emotional complexity surrounding these dynamics.
Two modular engine hoist cranes, usually found in car or sculpture workshops, have been built from scratch by the artist, each slightly lift a wooden display box containing a monitor off the floor. The two monitors show 3D-animations of two horses that are based on real animals the artists cared for from childhood on into early adulthood.
The cranes lifting up the display boxes become symbolic for a dynamic of interdependence as well as an experience of emotionally carrying someone or something. The heavy materials used in “Labour of Love” are treated with gentle care; the act of making becomes a labour intensive process that reflects the concepts and ideas of the work.