Jenny Brockmann

Out of balance

2012

The installation, entitled "Out of Balance", comprises a substantial aluminium construction. Two accessible containers are suspended in the air, connected by a tube affixed to the ceiling, reminiscent of a colossal set of scales.The aluminium sheet-lined rooms, measuring H280 cm x W160 cm x D160 cm, are open at the front and back. The sidewalls feature 70 x 120 cm wide openings, which function as the entrance on the exterior and, on the interior, serve as a visual axis to the opposite room.In a balanced state, the open-meshed floors of the rooms are held at rest just above two pools of water, which constitute a central element of the installation. However, as the visitor enters or exits either space via the two-step staircase, this equilibrium is upset, creating a motion that threatens immersion into "the tank".

Jenny Brockmann: ‚Out of Balance’, 2012. Aluminum, steel, water, ECG. Exhibition view, Elektrownia, Radom, Poland.