GOHAR MARTIROSYAN • THE DRAGON

INSTALLATION THE DRAGON 2018/ KITE
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

The kite as a body which, on the one hand, is free floating, and moves by the wind – but on the other hand it is controlled through the thread by the person who holds it. This is a symbol of the polarity of the subject, that lies between the system of the social structure of life and the natural to absolute freedom.
When a fire arises, the kite acquires complete autonomy, transforming into an immaterial, immanent structure, for me it’s a meeting between purity fire and wind. However, there is something utopian in this narrative, since the kite is consumed by destruction, but this is reflected in the idea that the freedom is worth living