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Joe & Joey is modelled on several images at the same time: on a brain with its two hemispheres, on Logan's Rock (already an inspiration to Naum Gabo and Barbara Hepworth) balancing on a single point, on the Wheel of Fortune symbolizing the ever ongoing battle between Fate and Will. The large sculpture lies next to a highway that intersects with a beautiful forest. Passers-by can influence the position of the sculpture by steering the two small-but-heavy sculptures (Joe and Joey) inside the structure by means of a simple phone call (they have separate phone numbers). If either Joe or Joey moves, the center of gravity of the whole object changes and make it roll forward or backward. Though we are able to call Joe or Joey and tell them which way to move, we cannot control their responses. In between Joe and Joey a relationship grows over the years, irritations, traumas, sympathies. When one moves the other might decide to move away from it, or towards it, depending on their psychological state. |












