The Globe

The Globe

A globe-like wooden sphere, that allows people to walk in and around it. This piece can be interpreted in different ways. Many see it as a type of bookcase depicting the access to knowledge and how it opened up in the enlightenment. This interpretation works well in its current location in the Europe 1600-1800 gallery at the V&A Museum, as it is in the period of the Enlightenment in the museum. Another interpretation links The Globe to the style of prison created by Jeremy Bentham, where the cells were arranged in a way so that a guard could sit in the middle and observe all of the prisoners at once. This piece can be seen as both of these at the same time; and that’s how I choose to see it; the wisdom and knowledge gained from the enlightenment paired with the prison the people that people who weren’t able to access that knowledge were in: and are still to this day in.

Los Carpinteros

2014

A lattice of engineered beech