Leandro Erlichs playful installations challenge our perception of reality. His impeccably constructed architectural scenarios deliberately mix the real with the fictional to tease our sense of perception. In his new work for MADE UP, Carousel - the task of being in the right place at the right time, Erlich mounts a typical one bedroom apartment complete with bathroom, kitchen and dining area - onto a real time carousel. The work marries the architecture of the playground with that of settled domesticity to playfully re-enact the daily grind, capturing us in an endless series of transitions from lobby to kitchen to dining room to bathroom to bedroom to living room to lobby and so on. But the gentle rotation of the carousel also reminds us that despite the constant repetition of our daily routine, as we go through the motions no two moments are ever the same. Erlichs spinning architecture is a humorous rendering of the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus famous dilemma: No man can step in the same river twice. No matter how stable and constant familiar surroundings might seem, neither we nor our environment will remain the same from one moment to the next. check out www.biennial.com for more
made
up
liverpool
biennial
leandro
erlich
carousel
2008
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