Cream Hand Mixer

CREAM HAND MIXER

Cor-Ten steel, painted iron, 4 Full HD monitors, video wall, Bose speakers and audio, 450 x 375 x 410 cm (site-specific), 2017

Installation view Arsenale of Venice, Italy, 2023

The video installation Cream Hand Mixer, part of the Kindergarten series focusing on lost childhoods, shines a light on the theme of child exploitation in the workplace. Juxtaposing two dimensions - the fun of play and the violation of youth - the artist has created a space that is both play park and workshop, where a slide is a conveyor belt and a swing and cog become confused in a single, contradictory reality. The videos of a tender young girl relentlessly carrying wood and a small, exhausted shoe shiner, produced in vivid, warm hues, seem to glow ember-like against the cold, rusty sculptures.

Photo credit: Teresa Letizia Bontà