Lars Friedrich . + Contemporary Art Daily
This is an exhibition of loading dock rubber bumpers and old pajama bottoms. These materials offer maximum impact absorption and cushioning–what is called passive vibration isolation. They virtually eliminate vehicular and building damage. I call the pajama-armature sculptures commodes after commodus, Latin for “proper, fit, appropriate, convenient, satisfactory.” A commode is a chair with a built-in chamber pot. A commode is also a chest with drawers. Accommodation is a commodity too. Indoor plumbing is to shopping is to freight trucks backing up onto loading docks is to everywhere: what passes over and through bodies of maximum convenience is also what is absorbed.
Lars Friedrich
Black & White Plaid Commode, Breakfast Commode, Pink Love Commode, Calvin Klein Commode . 2014
Passive Vibration Isolation 2 . 2014
