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This temporary sculpture was inspired by an architectural proposal for the improvement of the riverside area of ??Gabrovo, which has not yet been realized and is undergoing serious changes after many external interventions. The art installation is made of cardboard "bricks" and hints at the future bridge that is about to connect two parts of the city. The work raises many questions. Who determines where the bridge will be built? What will it look like and what will its main functions be, pedestrian or transport? The sculpture, although temporary, carries a message about the connections and transformations that are necessary in the urban environment, but also in our society as a whole. The need for connectedness, not division. The work also raises the question of the interpretation of our historical past and the newly created ruins that often "predate" the non-existent objects from which they "emerge". Here, the cardboard "bricks" are a metaphor for the temporary and the permanent in our lives, and the bright color gives a plastic "flavor" and amplifies all these questions.
© Alexander Valchev