Philippe Parreno
My Room is Another Fish Bowl, 2016
90 screen printed mylar balloons
30 Salmon: 95 x 188 cm (each)
30 Smelt: 99 x 220.5 cm (each)
30 Roach: 100 x 218 cm (each)
30 Smelt: 99 x 220.5 cm (each)
30 Roach: 100 x 218 cm (each)
edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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My Room is Another Fish Bowl was conceived for Parreno's commission at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London 2016. The three species of fish that appear — Salmon, Smelt, and...
My Room is Another Fish Bowl was conceived for Parreno's commission at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London 2016. The three species of fish that appear — Salmon, Smelt, and Roach — are all native to the Thames but are endangered, and are now rarely present. Parreno’s fish-shaped Mylar balloons float at various heights in response to human interaction and climatic changes. In constant, delicate motion, the fish indeed appear as if in a large, architectural fishbowl. Through the ceaseless movement of the fish, Parreno aims to activate the senses beyond the visual, focusing on how we experience the unfolding of time as an active, narrative phenomenon—a kind of performance.