With its swing-like function,
Seat #12 sets up an unusual situation: every movement, even the very smallest, made by one of those seated has a direct effect on the sitting position of all the others. And so the person sitting requires a counterpart to balance out the tipping motion caused by their weight. The sculpture’s equilibrium depends on the interaction of its sitters, of the group as a whole. That means that the more people wish to sit down, the clearer the agreement needs to be on when and how each one sits.
The interrelatedness between participants, their communication, and (un-)willingness to re-position for a collective balance, become parts of the installation.The seemingly futuristic object deals with communication: A voiced, or perhaps merely sensed discourse on the perfect balance inevitably evolves between those seated.
The kinetic sculpture
Seat #12 is a crucial component to the larger discursive performative installation
Jenny Brockmann: #LIMITS, curated by Linda Rocco, which will take place at Goethe-Institut London in October of 2021.
#LIMITS hereby refers to the allegory of skin, the largest and most versatile organ in the human body, as a shell delimiting the inside from the outside, able to maintain homeostasis, our inner balance.
Unfolding through three
Entanglements, three curated workshop events, the performative installation will look into the properties of skin from a literal and metaphorical point of view, considering processes of regeneration and permeability in relation to digital technologies. Guests and the public will be invited to introduce questions on the relationships between inside and outside, permeability, sensitivity, and the shifts within and dynamics of demarcation, identification and re-identification.
