When Symbols Shatter, 2017
Three different embroidered patches, Bugatti coat fabric, Ø 17 cm / AWARE OF ANOTHER
When Symbols Shatter are three embroidered logos on round patches which were taken from multiple realms of the pigeon scene and then modified and blackened to an almost unrecognizable condition.The template for the `But, what ends when` patch is the logo of the current Chinese glossy magazine “Pigeon Racing File”, which contains Chinese, Dutch and English articles about pigeon racing and is published monthly. `The Symbols` is derived from the logo of PIPA (Pigeon Paradise), a world known company with its headquarter in Belgium. PIPA engages in research, DNA tests, breeding, and has been a successful international commercial enterprise for years.`Shatter?` bears the logo of a pharma product, called ‘Zkade’, which is a Chinese company, run by people who were breeders themselves and published a magazine about racing pigeons, which does not exist anymore. The business with pigeons is shaped by varied tendencies, visions, and historical traces - from short-term success to lifelong engagement.
