Send us a message
store
artists
about DOM
events
contact
residency
blog
Send us a message
to the gallery

Number Station Battleships

3000,00
€
Buy
In Thomas Marcusson's work audible streams of numbers initiate a game of Battleship between two metal sculptures. The numbers are taken from live broadcasts of an AM radio station that transmits seemingly random sets of numbers, likely used to send encoded information to a spy network. The sculptures are connected to the numbers station, which can be broadcast in English, Russian, Spanish, or Korean. The last two spoken numbers are converted into coordinates on a 10x10 grid, and the sculptures take turns attacking each other, aiming to sink all the ships. When one sculpture claims victory, the game resets, and two new stations are selected for the next battle. This work reflects our human contradictions. Despite the rapid advancement of technology, democratic ideas, and overall intellectual progress, humanity remains at a primitive level of aggression, the desire to fight, conquer, and humiliate. In his reflections on future scenarios, Thomas creates futuristic metal cubes symbolizing technological progress. These cubes, interacting with each other in a simple children's game — Battleship — highlight the paradox of our time: despite our achievements, we continue to exhibit primitive aggressive instincts. ESP

lwh: 600x600x300 mm

Weight: 6600 g