Work Analyzed: Sala de Trabalho by Alfonso Tostes
About the Work: Sala de Trabalho is an installation work that exhibits a series of tools that represent and have connections to past uses in relation to nature. They were created using demolition wood and unused metals to create the historic atmosphere and feeling of the tools where these tools all represent an aspect of the mending, destruction, and control of nature creating the concept of the interrelationships between nature and humans.
This is a side view of the installation that is installed on the wall. This shows the variety of tools and the details of the texture. It also shows the placement of such items.
This is a quote from the philosopher Emanuele Coccia in which inspired Tostes to create this piece. It reflects how nature is a part of humans and nature is at the center of humankind. This refers to both the utilization of such tools, tools itself, and humans.
Reflection of Experience
For the experience, it has two connections to the course being the relationship between fabricated interpretation of history through allusions to historical tools and the utilization of nature as authority and knowledge. Firstly, the project is essentially using fabrication of materials that appear to be rusty as a means of alluding to the memory of historical usage. This is to refer to tools as a historical element of progression of humans as well as create a sense of history for the installation itself. This essentially uses the perception of time and knowledge of time to create something to be believable as a historical tool to create this narrative of a reality.
Furthermore, in using nature as the premise of creation, it creates a sense of authority of being objective as nature is a prerequisite for human activity. Being based upon the philosophical quote of what is human and what is nature by Emanuele Coccia, it creates connections between humanness and the natural surrounding. As nature is alluded to through the tools, the connection is established between tools as nature and humans that utilize this. This makes a stronger presentation and feeling of reality as there is applicability that can be felt from humans as a connection to history. This is due to past knowledge of history that’s passed on and remembered by people which creates this believable connection of the installation as a bridge between currently reality and the past.
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