DELIRIUM COLLECTORIS

CONCEPT
INSTALATION
3D VIDEO
PRINTS

2022

My project investigates a fascinating area of the relationship between objects and the human psyche. I was exploring the background of the collecting impulse — why do people love to collect things? The results of this investigation are a short dreamy animated movie and an installation of small 3D-printed sculptures.

My approach was very systematic - I collected the most interesting texts about this psychological impulse, and I noticed a pattern of repeating keywords. I collected 21 of them and connected each to an object — “attribute”, which acted as a visual representation of a specific keyword. Furthermore, I composed individual attributes into “sentences”. In this way, I illustrated various meanings.

I created a dreamy 3D world, where all attributes are formed into compositions. All sentences were recreated in the form of miniature sculpture installations in order to give their meanings a palpable and physical nature and to bring them closer to depicting the collector’s fever. For each composition, I designed a “collectible card” that was revealing its meaning. Visitors could collect these cards at the exhibition, and after collecting them all they would have the whole essence of my project.

This project might challenge the viewer to rethink his thoughts on "minimalism vs. maximalism", and his relationship towards things and occurrences that surround him in his life. I discovered that even in a certain quantity, things that are not "useful" can be a source of joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment. Without love for objects, we would be deprived of extraordinary experiences and it would be more difficult for us to find a way to ourselves or the people around us. Collecting can be a tool, a method of how we navigate this world.

 "A sentence needs all its words, and room all its objects, so the meaning is created and the life can go on.”
— Susan M. Pearce

Design consultant:
doc. Mgr. art. Marcel Benčík, ArtD.
Teoretical consultant:
Mgr. Ján Kralovič, PhD.

Exhibitions: 
Kunsthalle, Bratislava, AFAD Visual Communication exhibition, 2022

Screenings:
Anča Fest, Slovak panorama category, 2023
Student World Impact Film Festival, 2023

Nominations:
Best Super short film Award at SWIFF, 2023