A Retrospective View of the Pathway, 2024

For Roger Hiorns, A Retrospective View of the Pathway (2024) is a ‘self-producing sculpture’, a work of art that continuously recreates itself. It even appears that no artist is involved. Also, the work looks different every time.

Two heavy industrial vessels emit a fun foamy bubble. It’s impossible to resist! The work invites you to feel, smell and play, just like a child. Quick: before you know it, the foam is gone again.

Hiorns confronts you with an uncertain, unpredictable situation. As such, he questions the usual relations between art and audience that is used to static, permanent objects. We often have expectations when going to look at something. Here, we must let those expectations go.

This may feel like liberation from the many rules that regulate our society. Or does it make you feel uncomfortable?

Number 9 on the map.