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Psicopompo Cooking Crystal

2010

Steel, chromatized water, quartz crystal, iron, magnet, epoxy resin, and glass

Obra Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010, Tunga. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Tunga, Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010. Photo: Daniel Mansur
Obra Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010, Tunga. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Tunga, Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010. Photo: Daniel Mansur

In Psicopompo Cooking Crystal (2010) one can observe the construction of an image that seems to be removed from a larger, unknown context. The iron and steel gate is open, and the door is covered by magnets. In a mystical reading, gates are the representation of moments of energetic transformation, just like magnets, that also deal with magnetic fields.

When crossing the portal, there is a human silhouette – built with metallic cables and filled with crystals and glass containers, the latter, on their turn, filled with yellow liquid and resin-extruded mass. At the same time they sustain the body, the cables also keep them tied to the wooden structure typical of marionettes.

Obra Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010, Tunga. Acervo de arte contemporânea Inhotim
Tunga, Psicopompo Cooking Crystal, 2010, Steel, chromatized water, quartz crystal, iron, magnet, epoxy resin, and glass. Photo: Daniel Mansur

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