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A 50°C Horizon

two thermometers of 50ºC, 60 x 4 cm

Two glass thermometers are placed horizontally next to each other. When the temperature reaches 50°C, the mercury in the thermometers rises all the way to the tops. The red lines connect and form a continuous line: the horizon from the title. This form exists only in theory, for the work will probably never actually be exhibited at 50°C. Just as ‘A 0°C Globe’ made a year later, the work is about a momentum existing in the imagination of the viewer. When combined, the works form an anti-symbiosis: while the first work requires a low temperature, the other one needs a high one. Together they shall never meet the potential that lies in their respective titles.