Watchtower I
Artist:
Yuli Serfaty
Date:
2024
Medium:
Mixed media
Materials:
Cypress, Steel , Air raid sirens
Dimensions:
293 x 73 x 98 cm
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Sculpture
Watchtower I is a hybrid sculpture consisting of the trunk of a cypress tree topped with four warning sirens and mounted on an orange-painted steel base. Created as part of the Horny, Aimless & Alone project, the work combines a natural element, the cypress trunk, with surveillance architecture. Through this fusion between the organic and the artificial, Serfaty highlights the exploitation of natural resources in the service of control mechanisms as embodied by the watchtower—a historical symbol of strength and power. The addition of warning sirens at the top of the trunk introduces a critical dimension, as it is no longer just a matter of signalling domination: the work raises awareness of the urgent need to imagine other modes of existence within complex systems that are not based on subjugation, but on desire and collective intertwining.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibition
Horny, Aimless & Alone
Xxijra Hii, Londres (Angleterre)
from 15 Mar to 20 Apr 2024
Xxijra Hii, Londres (Angleterre)
from 15 Mar to 20 Apr 2024