Work
Stairway to Heaven II
In My boat is bent, this stairway leads to heaven and I swing on meteoric dreams, Marius Ritiu constructs a speculative environment where gravity seems negotiable and matter remembers having been something else in a previous galaxy. At the center of the space stand three monumental sculptures in hand-hammered copper. They do not illustrate a story. They appear as if they have landed mid sentence.
"Stariway to Heaven II" rises vertically, invoking the promise of ascension. A stairway, perhaps, though not one that obeys architectural logic. It climbs without asking permission from the floor, suggesting that heaven might simply be a change of frequency. The steps seem to dissolve as they rise, turning structure into vibration. In this universe, transcendence is engineered by hand.
Photos by: Tijs Vervecken