Sabotage of a working day, 2026
Installation view, Spazio in Situ in collaboration with MACRO, Rome
Sabotage of a working day
2025-ongoing, concrete and terracotta casts of office chair wheels, marble dust, sand, steel cables, aluminium, screws, electrical clamps, electrical cables, electric motor, acrylic, broken earphones, mixed media. Variable dimensions, variable shape.
Installation view, Sometimes I just like to hear myself talk, Spazio in Situ in collaboration with MACRO, Rome, Italy. Photo Marco De Rosa.
Sabotage of a working day takes as its starting point the wheels of ergonomic office chairs — objects designed for efficiency and the optimisation of working bodies. Through repeated casting in ceramic and cement-based resins, the wheel becomes a sculptural module: reproduced serially, accumulating, bound together by found electrical wires, USB cables, and steel cords.
The production process replicates the logic of industrial manufacturing while registering its own degradation: moulds wear and break during continuous replication, generating errors and deformations that are preserved rather than corrected. The wheel does not become a copy but a deviation: serial form detached from its operative logic, which begins to fray.
The sculpture is conceived as modular and variable, adapting its form and scale to the spatial and architectural conditions of each exhibition context. The wheels, designed for productivity and to control micro-movement, enter a state of suspension — accumulating into bodies that no longer work.