uncopy

In his sculptures and objects Michael Kargl frequently works with simple measurement parameters that he makes available to the observers as possible instruments for the reading and interpretation of the respective production context. In table, the right-angled object covered with mirrors, it is a case of a sculpture that orients itself on the interior architecture of the Fluc music club at the Praterstern in Vienna and which challenges the interpretative powers of the observers. Based on the constantly changing design of the premises, the artist positions the piece of furniture, whose volume has been copied, close to the original object. Quite casually, through the shine of its surface, the copy dissolves in the reflection of the context. The object could be a pedestal whose function is to present objects of art, but it could also be a place for visitors to the clubs to sit; table could just as well represent a waste product of a previous exhibition or a new work that it still in the production process. In any case it is an object whose form arises from a reference cycle of existing spatial parameters and whose ultimate function is only inferred from its – again temporally limited – use.

table (2012), by Michael Kargl