Piotr Grabowski / Ketou

Title of the installation makes references to a Japanese bow performed in front of the mighty and representatives of authorities. Ketou performer had to kneel down and touch the ground with the forehead three times. The central figure of the installation is a present-day emoticon “orz”: a rendition of a figure kneeling down with the head low, made of aluminum cross-beams typically used in the construction of stage and exhibition structures. Ketou is a monument created from materials employed in business shows: from a LED message display board, modules used in organization of promotional events and a mural-logo. The spirit of entrepreneurship is also the hero of this monument-installation materializing the moment of triumph of the capital and homage paid to it. The used cars area restricted with a wall belonging to a housing cooperative emerges as the area for speculation, and at the same time, a model enterprise, where all people are employees and employers at the same time, representatives and subordinates of the faceless power to which we ketou.