Viviana Druga
Viviana Druga

CONFESSIONALE TROPICAL

sculpture recreation, performative action, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2021

The chair is a recreation of the Yucatan public chair Tu y Yo also known as Confidant chairs.A popular local legend tells the story of a man who had a daughter he adored who was being courted by a young man of the village. The father, jealous, asked them as a condition of their courtship that they only venture as far as the benches in the park. They accepted, but the father then realised that the traditional park bench gave them plenty of opportunity to physically close to each other, so he decided to create the “silla tú y yo”, 

 which allowed them to speak to each other and look into each other’s eyes while always maintaining a discreet distance. The so-called distance can be a mirror of the actual distanced times we are living in in which social distancing is a must in any human interaction.

In these bewildering times I invite you to make - or listen - to a confession.

 

Viviana Druga

CONFESSIONALE TROPICAL

sculpture recreation, performative action, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2021

The chair is a recreation of the Yucatan public chair Tu y Yo also known as Confidant chairs.A popular local legend tells the story of a man who had a daughter he adored who was being courted by a young man of the village. The father, jealous, asked them as a condition of their courtship that they only venture as far as the benches in the park. They accepted, but the father then realised that the traditional park bench gave them plenty of opportunity to physically close to each other, so he decided to create the “silla tú y yo”, 

 which allowed them to speak to each other and look into each other’s eyes while always maintaining a discreet distance. The so-called distance can be a mirror of the actual distanced times we are living in in which social distancing is a must in any human interaction.

In these bewildering times I invite you to make - or listen - to a confession

 

Viviana Druga