Prepare A Square
Installation/video, 7:58 min, 2013-2014
The "Prepare a Square" installation studies the potential of central spaces in contemporary cities. Within the complicated structure of urban space, the central square often functions as a void for groundbreaking and challenging opinions of critical citizens. Although many powerful regimes think squares should be dominated by national monuments, citizens prefer to use them as a meeting place where like-minded people can communicate about change. Thus, the square itself obtains a monumental status. Our installation is a visualisation of the square as an unfinished and ever-changing monument. The work explores the relationship between form, function and meaning within the framework of urban development and growth in a physical and spiritual sense. Its surface functions as a blackboard for different meanings and is populated by abstract drawings, temporary miniature structures and props made out of a variety of materials. Part of the installation will be the projection of the video "Prepare a Square" in which Topp & Dubio clean a perfect square on the dirty floor of an empty abandoned factory space.
Artists' Bio:
Topp & Dubio is a multidisciplinary artist duo who live and work in The Hague, The Netherlands. They study and scrutinize reality from a conceptual starting point, often arising from sudden moments of curiosity and a desire to explore parallel worlds. Their projects flawlessly deal with fact and fiction, the concept of art and daily life, the personal and the public, observation and participation, authenticity, history and documentation, the romance of imagination and the absurdity of reality.