Stool with Pedestal, 2009

25 x 25 x 140 cm,
stool, cardboard, varnish, 16 spirograph drawings

During the course of my study trip to Istanbul with the seminar group of Simon Wachsmuth, this site-specific work was created. It consists of the stool of a shoe shiner and a matching base. The sidewalls of the stool made of adhesive tape allow the shoe shine kit to be stored inside the stool. I wanted to use this particular stool as an artistic work for our exhibition in Istanbul, so I bought a new stool in the same design and offered it to the shoe shiner in exchange. 

After paying a little extra, I was finally able to borrow his stool for the duration of the exhibition. The pedestal was cut from a piece of packing cardboard, taped, and painted white. The drawn spirals on the sides of the pedestal are demonstration copies of a spirograph street vendor.

Many thanks to the shoe shiner from Istanbul for the loan of his stool.