MADE IN CYLAND
ELENA GUBANOVA & IVAN GOVORKOV
HIDE AND SEEK
Media Object, 2015
Fans, fabric, acrylic, wood, speakers
Ready or not, here I come.
Hide and seek is one of the most popular children’s games. Children playing the game develop all the habits which later become established characteristics of a human being – cunning, caution, attentiveness, resourcefulness, and so on. But the main thing is that hide and seek involves sensations which continue to attract us, often unattainably, throughout our lives – the feeling of danger and the fear – and at the same time the mystery – of being found. We have emphasized this aspect of the game in our installation. When visitors enter the room, they suddenly notice that the wall, although ordinary in appearance, is ‘breathing’, as if there is someone hiding inside it. The twilight room comes to life, the light switch on the wall ‘sighs’, and the electric cable, a piece of the skirting board…. Who’s there? All we can hear is the beating of our own hearts. ‘The spirit breathes where it wants’.