Danilo Bastione

Ménage à trois

Ménage à trois  
2023, Kustprojekt Zimmerfrei, Hotel Mariandl, Munich

Concrete, lacquer, neon led, glass beaker, electrolyte solution (salt and vinegar), tin, zinc, iron, copper.

Three transition metals are having fun – in a transitional place.

This work attempts, in an ironic way, to comment on the commonality of elements and people who are in a kind of transition. Some objects react with each other by integrating themselves into the shape of the “everyday space”.
A machine that makes small pieces of transition elements react with the electrolytic solution that contains white vinegar and salt.
Different so-called “sacrificial anodes” made of zinc are immersed in there. The zinc sacrifices itself for free for art so that the transitional elements can have fun.
In a seemingly inappropriate context that provokes alternative constructs of ambiguity and mystery.