VELCROLAND, 2013.-2023.
variable size, 50 pieces of different frames on the wall or in the space.
The main idea of the installation VELCROLAND is the materialization of chaos theory by E.Lorenz. A mess that in its essence has a basis in a mathematical algorithm.
By putting
Velcro instead of canvas on blind frames, Josipa Stefanec varies the
traditional form of painting and creates layered black surfaces that can be
glued one to another. That is why these 'paintings' that stick to each other,
at times with minimal surface (which indicates the power of the Velcro) seem as
paused explosions. The dispersion of the objects that support each other
because of the type of the material in a stable collapse, as well as
possibilities of the articulation of space, the transposition of mass from one
wall to another, their merging in different angles and the building of a
construction provides the work with a sculptural character.
Velcro is a new texture, so despite the equal
blackness of the surfaces there is a tactile difference between the course
parts that support and the fluffy parts that are supported, which gives the
work another dimension. The dirt from the surroundings gathers on the surfaces
very quickly, making the object an indicator of space, giving them life, dirt
and a sort of interaction, so these installations are not a sterile and
lifeless design. The merge of textile and sculpture, the static and dynamic
leave a space for thinking about their meaning. The temporality and the
construction material promise different combinations and the author's merging
of differences represents playing with tradition, with the relevant in art, and
that is form and material and the possibilities they can bring.
