Throw

The work explores the contrast between the idealized image of reality carefully curated on social media and the “uncurated” aspect of life happening in the background. This relationship is emphasized by the choice of wool as a material, presented in its processed and unprocessed form. The upper, processed layer of white wool, socially perceived as a finished product without thinking about the stages of its creation, serves as a reminder of the distorted perception of other people’s lives, and by comparison, our own. Upon closer observation, as well as an olfactory experience, the observer glimpses and senses the smell of unprocessed, dirty wool. Throw gradually builds a picture of the stages of the creation of what we perceive as ideal - the processing of wool takes place in the background, which is also the place for unacceptable and undesirable reality. Reflecting on the two opposing sides, the exposed and the hidden, raises the question of the extent to which the invisible surrounds and defines us.

— Lora Rajčić & Ivana Završki, curators