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Personal Rescue Package (2021)

Artist:

Cvetan Krastev

Herbarium Collection - Collection - Personal rescue package - Cvetan Krastev

Herbarium Collection - Collection - Personal rescue package - Cvetan Krastev

A set of the 10 most important (in my opinion) things for physical and spiritual survival in post-apocalyptic conditions - the Ten Commandments of God, the 4 basic elements - air, earth, water, fire (matchstick with a scraper), salt, wheat seeds, grape seeds, bread and wine. A pictogram instruction on how to plant wheat and grapes, how to make bread and wine, how to light a fire, etc is attached. It is assumed that the future potential user of the package will have forgotten those skills, as well as the ability to read.

20x40x10 cm, glass flasks, seeds, soil, salt, wine, bread crumbs, water, matches

The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice. The artists, invited by the curator of "Herbarium" could choose two new participants - so the project traces the exchange of creative energy in the artworld. The development of the collection has no time limits, it grows exponentially with each new participant until the final exhibition is announced. The H Talks series (video portraits of the artists) are shot during the preparation of each presentation of the Herbarium collection in the artists work environment and studios. All the information, gathered in the process of developing the collection, will be available to all researchers, curators, gallery owners, students or art lovers who are interested in the less visible mechanisms through which contemporary culture functions.