Monoliths - The Carbon Road - Budapest, Hungary 2012

Monoliths - The Carbon Road

Artus Stúdió

Budapest, Hungary - 2012

 

Man-made artificial buildups.
The black tape that runs through almost every box symbolizes pollution. This is the Carbon Road. As the unit of the boxes grows, the carbon multiplies.

My work focuses on the 21st century and the new world we live in. I use symbolic images and language to build towering vertical monoliths that represent pollution—our inheritance from the past. Through my work, I raise my voice to warn about the dangers we face, drawing inspiration from Einstein’s physical discoveries, Heidegger’s philosophy, and other sources. Our future is built on past achievements, and I seek to reflect the changes, conflicts, miscommunications, and successes that shape our world today.

I guide the viewer through the great industrial revolution using black artist tape, which runs through my boxes to symbolize the beginning of the carbon era. As history progresses, the masking tape becomes more pronounced on each box, signifying the growing impact of industrialization. My symbolic number seven represents different types of monoliths, arranged in a circular, suspended form—hanging in midair, not touching the ground, to emphasize their vulnerability. The colored surfaces of the boxes and the intentional discontinuation of tape lines create tension, making it impossible for the monoliths to remain stable in gravitational space. In my installation, the final monolith, the "Head," appears on the verge of falling, having lost its stability.

The sculptures float between the positive and negative spaces of the Earth, where gravity threatens to throw them off balance. A circle drawn on the ground defines these spaces—the inner part as positive, the outer part as negative. Within this installation, I represent seven different realms, deliberately leading to an apocalyptic scenario. Four of the sculptures rotate, generating an electric smog, while the monoliths move closer together until the final one crashes to the ground, creating a cataclysmic moment. This destruction holds the hope that the monoliths will break down, allowing future structures to emerge horizontally. Through this installation, I make a complex and meaningful historical statement about our fragile existence and the urgent need for change.