Even for a piece of designer furniture, it might look a tad too pricey for a 22-inch high side. As a result, Sisyphus represents both the confrontation between oppression and resistance as well as the hope that comes with the prospect of change. The Sisyphus Kinetic Art Metal Side Table is not an inexpensive piece of furniture, especially if you go for the wooden Cherry or Walnut finishes. All attempts are not ‘futile,’ but rather useful due to the endurance of the small robots and their capacity to spread new, small-scale forms of resistance. Small, scattered actions that undermine the enormous robot’s total power here constantly question the status quo. The small robots, however, continue to construct new brick arches even after they have been destroyed, displaying a collective resistance through personal autonomy. He has been participating in exhibitions since 1995, involving art events in Latvia and abroad. The large robot keeps crushing the brick arches without offering any kind of compromise. Kalvis Zalitis is a member of the Latvian Union of Artists. With this piece, the interdisciplinary artist explores repetition through the interaction of two contrasting robotic systems one small and nimble, the other powerful and oppressive - the Greek Sisyphus is represented in either or both of them.ĭespite the difference in size between the two robots, their struggle never ends.

Kachi Chan’s Sisyphus is named after a Greek mythological character who is doomed to push a rock up a hill every day only to witness it tumble back down again afterward. Propelling a narrative of construction and deconstruction, the robotic piece serves as a commentary on the current socio-political climate, where systems of authority and resistance continuously clash against each other. Smaller robots build brick arches, whilst a giant robot pushes them down. The old myth about Sisyphus tell about a man who as a punishment for defying the gods. Hong Kong and London-based artist Kachi Chan introduces Sisyphus, an art installation featuring two robots engaged in endless cyclic interaction. An Aarhus 2017 Commission with Art Centre Silkeborg Bad.

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