Frunza

2011

bricks, mortar, ficus plants
aprox. 963 x 675 x 40 cm

[Frunza (Rom. word for "the leaf") is an installation inspired by a children's game from 1980's Romania. The construction follows the shape of the game in which two teams had as a goal conquering the furthest corner of the opposite side. The shape was drawn by chalk on the tarmac of the streets in different towns in Romania... The game was rather physical, with lots of pushing and pulling involved, quite often with children getting minor injuries. 

The lines of the game shape are elevated into a small height wall, giving you the feel of an abandoned foundation of  building, a possible urban garden, an apparently simple but intricate construction with a vague and difficult to identify purpose]