Standing Stones
ADAM – Brussels Design Museum
Building upon the legacy of the Cycladic culture and its influence on contemporary art Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis of Objects of Common Interest Studio present a series of sculptures in an immersive installation that simultaneously furthers the Studio’s ongoing study into softness—both in form and as a material quality.
Cast as translucent inflatables, what was heavy, solid, hard is now light, airy, and soft shifting a reinterpretation of ancient forms allowing for viewers to develop new relationships to the work.
The Standing Stones are placed upon large, mirror surfaces that create a totem like effect as the forms reflect in them, further creating an illusion to the viewer rendering the sculptures larger than life.
An ever-changing assemblage of forms is presented as one moves past, under, and between the sculptures. Amidst the Standing Stones field a ceremonial circular seating array is positioned around another reflective pond inviting visitors to gather, rest and experience the spatial transformation, to find an inner moment to contemplate and self reflect.
