The presented objects come from the performance “The Last Fugue”, a mechanical performance, and were created using 3D technology in collaboration with Michał Sikora.
All of them were published in the catalog: Dariusz Gorczyca “The Last Fugue” – a mechanical performance, in tribute to Goya and Bach, Austeria Publishing House, 2024.
The machines are exhibited as framed color prints on paper measuring 84 x 119 cm.
Premiere presentation: Dariusz Gorczyca “The Last Fugue – Stage Machines: Drawings, Prints, Projections,” the Małopolska Garden of Arts (Małopolski Ogród Sztuki), Cracow, November 2024 (photos above).
Below are the drawings: “The Last Fugue – Stage Machines,” pencil, paper, dimensions: 14.8 x 21.8 cm, 2024,
and the sketch: “Machine Collective Scene,” pencil, paper, dimensions: 29.7 x 13.8 cm, 1995.
MOBILE OF PERPETUAL EXECUTION
dimensions: 120 x 600 x 230 cm
material: metal, wood, canvas, webbing tape, steel wire, white shirt, electric engine, paint, stain, varnish.
CROSS – SALVO SIGNAL
dimensions: 70 x 57 x 150 cm
material: wood, metal, rubber, speaker, electric engine, cable, stain, varnish.
TRANSPORTER OF VICTIM
dimensions: 213 x 108O x 21O cm
material: metal, wood, steel rope, varnish.
TARGET – DIAGRAM OF KILLING
dimensions: 135 x 228 x 226 cm
material: wood, metal, webbing tape, acrylic, varnish.
FUNERAL PROCESSION – FIRING SQUAD
dimensions: 244 x 223 x 232 cm
material: metal, wood, steel wire, gas cylinder and installation, varnish.
ANATOMICAL INSTRUMENT
dimensions: 217 x 174 x 212 cm
material: metal, wood, bicycle chain, paper printout, varnish.
PHOTOPHASES OF DEATH – ADAM & EVA
dimensions: 176 x 78 x 226 cm
material: metal, wood, bicycle chain, paper printout, varnish.
LIVING TARGET
dimensions: 136 x 79 x 205 cm
material: metal, wood, spring, leather belt, varnish.
