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Playing a bad idea
untuned music box - wood, metal bars, bearings, screws, 20 x 25 x 18 cm

part of Unfoldings: between the constant and the changing @ MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca, exhibition view

I always wanted to build some musical instruments, and this is the first one that I managed to make: an untuned music box which plays the words `BAD IDEA`, written on the tambour that is rolling. It`s a way of putting in the spotlight all the bad ideas that I have when it comes to my artistic practice, which actually play a huge part in the process of creation- they happen to be more frequent than the good ones. I might not always coherent or make good works, and sometimes I lack trust for what I do and quit easily some of the ideas that I have, but some of the bad ideas or jokes I make sometimes become the works I like the most out of what I do, and this work is cheering all of them and at the same time, sounds as someone would imagine a bad idea may sound like.

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