Barrier I, II, III & IV
2019
welded razor wire, resin on torn fabric remnants
189 cm × 125 cm × 3 cm
Small Barrier I & II
2019
welded razor wire, resin on torn fabric remnants
approximately 70 cm x 70 cm
The razor wired sculptures form a symbolic representation of both the ingenuity and cruelty of modern age. Understood as one of the most brutal inventions, it directly impacted the ways lands are divided and bodies are controlled. Originally created to restrict the movement of cattle, razor wires ended up being the most effective and economic way used to restrict humans: from the western expansion of America to the battlefields of World War I and beyond. Nowadays, concertina wires and barbed wires are ubiquitous with border controls all over the world. In this series of work, reliefs or weavings were created from a combination of both concertina and barbed wires, with different textiles and fabrics dipped in resin. The end result are pieces of clothings and fabrics getting trapped and tangled within the wires, which is a mimicry of a very common phenomenon that happens at the borders.
