Pavel Sterec's 'About the Metamorphosis of a Spoon in Piping' at AMT_PROJECT Milan
Pavel Sterec (born 1985 in Prague) presents a complex installation at AMT_PROJECT in Milan, running until December 16, 2016. The work, titled 'About the Metamorphosis of a Spoon in Piping', features a suspended screen showing a scientific video on parasitology and a loop of the artist collecting water from the Navigli canals. A triple curtain of stacked plastic bottles filled with water at varying contamination levels divides the space. Four assemblages incorporate perforated spoons traversed by an infusion tube, a cane, straws, and a sports bottle spout. The installation explores themes of parasitism, fecal bacteriotherapy, the deceptive clarity of polluted water, and the obsolescence of the spoon in a fast-paced consumer society where uncontrolled fluid flow via tubes is normalized. Sterec's interest lies in how viewers digest these layered reflections.
Key facts
- Pavel Sterec was born in Prague in 1985.
- The exhibition is at AMT_PROJECT in Milan.
- The exhibition runs until December 16, 2016.
- The installation includes a video on parasitology.
- The artist collects water from the Navigli canals in a loop.
- Bottles are filled with water at different contamination levels.
- Four assemblages use perforated spoons with various tubes.
- The work is titled 'About the Metamorphosis of a Spoon in Piping'.
Entities
Artists
- Pavel Sterec
Institutions
- AMT_PROJECT
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Prague
- Czech Republic
- Navigli