Temporary Sculpture

An industrial robot stands in a scattered field of what appears to be discarded material. When a viewer steps into a designated position, the machine activates. It surveys the person, then begins assembling a sculptural portrait of them from the surrounding debris. The robot moves with decisive, efficient gestures, yet the act of construction unfolds slowly enough to feel deliberate and intimate.

The moment the viewer steps away, the portrait is no longer “true.” The robot responds by dismantling the sculpture, quickly returning the material to the indistinct pile from which it came. Each portrait exists only as long as the watcher agrees to be the subject. The work becomes a cycle of fleeting creation and inevitable erasure, sustained by presence and undone by absence.