Just like the pieces Provisory Object 01 and 02, this video shows a membrane of a soap bubble, clenched between two hands. The membrane takes on all kinds of illusory, multicoloured shapes in the light reflections. In all its plainness and triviality it obtains a poetical dimension. This video was recorded in Kinshasa, as a result of which the gesture takes on a whole different meaning. The air bubble turns into a jewel, a treasure, a metaphor for the riches buried underneath the ground in the area. The hands seem to be shielding of the treasure, before it suddenly vanishes into air. The membrane, in all its fragility, seems to be evoking the precarious situation of the country.
Part of the argos-program Voltes-faces
Courtesy of the artist and argosarts.org