Becoming Fortuna
The experience of art is always active, consisting of the interplay of situation, perception, and the generation of meaning in the mind of its audience.
Inspired by the Twister, a very popular game that tests your physical skill and the Goddess Fortuna. This multi -functional work of art requires its patrons to be active participants in order to reach and witness the true potential of the piece. The work of art functions as a seat or a dance floor, and is in a constant state of evolving with or without the interaction by its audience.
Accompanying the Twister floor is the Wheel titled ‘Becoming Fortuna’ inspired by the goddess Fortuna. The Wheel depicts exactly as the one in the game Twister, according to the view of the artists its represents intercession’s of random chances into the Fool's path, unexpected encounters and twists of fate, never knowing ‘what’ is around the next corner. Our lives are in constant motion revolving around the ups and downs life hands us. No moment ever stays the same. Just as you are getting comfortable, resting on your laurels, the wheel turns and you are moving toward another situation, sometimes good, sometimes not. One has to remember The Wheel is certainly beyond one’s power, may seem stuck in one place however, eventually it does shift. The Wheel is the game of life – there are no guarantee, people feel they are in control of the wheel but in reality are blindsided and under the false notion, but the irony lies in the fact that the final destination of the wheel is beyond the spinner’s control.
As the game gets harder to play, it becomes obvious that people are always confused as to where they are meant to be keeping their feet and hands. It is a tedious task and is a true test of physical agility. Amidst the spinning of the wheel and while the participants struggle, a person on a high chair takes Arial photographs: re-iterating the fact the participants are in an uncomfortable position tangle with each other in an animal like position. Depicting man as an animal like being, dancing to whims and fancy of the wheel while there is a higher order looking at the mere mortals below and having a good laugh.
This is an evolving art piece which will take different forms in future according to the interaction and its functionality. Breaking the boundaries of the traditional art spaces, in future this extremely fun, interactive, multifunctional art work will be used and viewed at parties, nightclubs and many social events.
