Fine Art: Schrödinger’s Foundation
MEDIUM AND DIMENSIONS
Concrete; Maple wood; steel; Rebar steel stand; glass; an interred black and white cat.
60cm height, 60cm width x 60 cm length
COPY SURROUNDING THE BLOCK
Pavement Special, One concrete block, one black and white cat, one sick puppy.
CONCEPTUAL STATEMENT
This piece plays off the ancient apotropaic tradition of interring either dead or live cats into the foundations of buildings to ward off evil, bad luck and mice. As the presence of the animal itself within the piece is hidden, viewers would only become alerted to its presence when reading the accompanying description. Thus the work aims to challenge our perceptions of reality. On the surface it appears to be a simple concrete foundation block, but at its heart it's a different animal entirely.
