Gabriel Kuri preemptive particles 4/1, 2023

preemptive particles 4/1 consists of a large stone and four chips inserted into its surface. The edges of the stone are vaguely reminiscent of a bank card with its characteristic rounded corners, whereas its two-tiered shape suggests perhaps even movement, as if a card where in the process of being removed from a bank machine. With great economy, the color and shape of the round discs refer to the iconic credit card logo of entwined circles. Thus, the sculpture with its lodged orange and yellow discs, can also invokes an ATM gone awry and thus allow the work to invoke an entire conglomerate: credit cards as object, instrument of payment, the power of their parent company, the banking system, industries of consumer management and data collection.