I am not promoting bombs; I am more interested in showing that the materials for an explosive bomb can be bought in every supermarket and are present in our day-to-day necessities. Our culture of consumption is likewise explosive!

 

Mirrored panels hung unevenly across an entire wall and super-market trolleys filled with oranges and raw materials for a simple homemade bomb that can be found in any supermarket.

Mirrors are used by supermarkets as a means of overcoming limited space. The mirror’s reflection creates the impression of space through the illusion of perspective. The trolley is our constant companion in every supermarket. Besides serving as a cart for items of purchase, it can also serve as a measure of our consumptive nature, as though we are under an obligation or responding to a suggestion to fill up the cart.

The use of mirrors to cover a given space is an effort to confront the physical presence of an audience with their own mirrored reflections, which are fragmented. The small distortions are certainly caused by the uneven arrangement of the mirrors around the trolleys which are filled with oranges and readily-available raw materials for a simple bomb. I am not promoting bombs; I am more interested in showing that the materials for an explosive bomb can be bought in every supermarket and are present in our day-to-day necessities. Our culture of consumption is likewise explosive! We need vitamin C daily and oranges contain vitamin C aplenty; “C” being of significance because it stands for “Consume”. This is a day-to-day reflection or self-portrait of our selves, exacerbated by the supermarket and our global consumption culture.