THERAPEUTIC TOY FOR PEOPLE WITH GLOBAL PROBLEMS, 2016/17

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 / Select one of the available discs with problems and place it on the wooden top.
Focus your gaze on the displayed words. Breathe in.

2 / Turn the wooden top and watch how your problems turn into a beautiful abstraction. Exhale slowly and relaxing.

The project was part of the exhibition “Toyphilia аnd Toy Phobia”, hosted by Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Sofia.

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Translation of the words on the following images.
Image #2, above: BORDERS, BORDERS, BORDERS
Image #3, above: YES / NO
Image #4, above: GLUTEN, TRUMP, SPAM,
below: WHEN?, WHEN?, WHEN?…

Interactive object; wooden top, 5 cardboard discs with words, instructions; edition of 15 + 5; 5 x 10 cm

Photographs by
Kevork Vanlyan

Graphic design by
Victoria Nesheva