Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys
(c)image: M HKA
White Elements, 2012
Sculpture
, 9 x (243 x 82 x 0.8 cm)
steel, white marine paint, pencil, paper
The White Elements remind us of flattened creatures, like what often happened in classic cartoons. Each of the White Elements also has a drawing of a face attached on either side, making them resemble the Roman god Janus who symbolized new beginnings or transitions. This series of 9 beings were inspired by ’White Elements’, an annual rave near Lake Wörth at Velden, Austria, where party-goers dress entirely in white clothes. The White Elements symbolize the inhabitants of OPTIMUNDUS, who experience the world in different dimensions.