Group Show by eight international artists,
at Artus Studio, Budapest, Hungary (5th - 21st November)
Labyrinth of Forgotten Memories,
hardboard panels, and string, various sizes 2019,
A labyrinth as we all know is a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way. How I have perceived and explored Artus, the old factory building, is nothing less than a labyrinth. One door opening to the other and how the entire huge space is interconnected is strikingly amazing. Evidently it is a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost and discover newer avenues and spaces. In my works “Labyrinth of forgotten memories”, I try to reflect how I find this intriguing connection of rooms and the corridors creating a silent dialogue between these shapes and spaces. The viewers would have to follow a guided path with regulated movement in the space. With this, I would intend to recall how the workers in this factory might have been restricted to move freely, being directed about each and everything they do, and produce… Sometimes we are forced to follow the rules even if we don’t want to… and we often fall in the trap of this system unknowingly.
On the other hand, the labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the squares, circle, or the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. With my work, I try to imagine how the life of the workers in this factory would have been… Could they ever find the way to their inner contentment, or did the baffling maze of this outer world engulf all their freedom, solace, and desires?