Kamen Stoyanov

Museum’s Socket, 2015

electrical socket from Sofia City Art Gallery,
video 2' 26''

An old electrical socket from a museum (Sofia City Art Gallery) has been exchanged by the artist with a new one. The Museum Socket got through the years many layers of paint, tape etc. and looks in itself as a piece of painting and sculpture at the same time.
In the video one can see its demontage and the montage of a new socket and the short talk between the artist and the electrician.
In the final installation the Museum Socket is put on pedestal and connected to the electricity in the new space in order to give a power for the projected video of its replacement.

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