Artists Carlo Brandelli and Ewa Wilczynski have turned breath into gold. In their new work, the pair record the exhalation of 1000 breaths with a single stroke of gold paint on a canvas so that, over time, a three-dimensional sculpture is created out of the layered strokes.\u00a0\nAptly titled...
Artists Carlo Brandelli and Ewa Wilczynski have turned breath into gold. In their new work, the pair record the exhalation of 1000 breaths with a single stroke of gold paint on a canvas so that, over time, a three-dimensional, the work transforms a mundane action into a form of creative expression, a subconscious reflex into a laborious ritual.
‘The intention of this work is to show the transference of creative energy into a physical ‘passing of time’, says Brandelli. ‘Breath is every person’s fundamental life force, and the exhalation of breath has long been associated with many forms of ‘spirit’ practised with meditation and physical exercise.’
The pair have documented the work in a series of short videos that show Wilczynski and Brandelli in a 400-year-old church inside of which they have created a modernist, geometric set. In this minimal white space, they slowly paint their stokes in a manner that emphasises the ceremonial nature of the project.
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