SABRINA BASTEN

'Planetary Disorientation: Magic Stick - Blue Mess'
is part of an installation created for a solo exhibition at Twelve Thirty Four in Dallas, USA.

The Magic Sticks collection Planetary Disorientation is a series of hollow cylindrical ceramic sculptures that reinterpret traditional symbols
of power. Each piece in the collection uses the malleable properties of ceramics to reshape vessels typically associated with dominance, transforming them into objects of reflection and inquiry.
The sculptures explore the intersection of form, material, and meaning, shifting the focus from destruction to contemplation.

Adapted to serve as vases for minimal floral arrangements, these pieces were specifically designed to complement
the floral shop setting of the exhibition. They hang elegantly from the ceiling or wall, drawing inspiration from the renowned
Strohblumen pattern by the Meissen Manufactury and incorporating its classic motifs into a contemporary context.

Each Magic Stick vase is suspended with a carefully crafted system combining brass and mahogany wood.
A sleek brass chain runs through the ceramic body of the Magic Stick and is anchored at the lower end by a unique recycled
or found object, often a small figurine or ornament. The vase can also be disassembled, with the Magic Stick becoming a tactile
object on its own—multifaceted in its form and experience.

Below this page, you can find a video documentation showcasing the entirety of the exhibition.

Some Magic Stick pictures by Ellen Yang Photography

Installation view

Patricio Rivera’s East Dallas floral shop, Twelve Thirty Four Boutique, serves as the site for a solo exhibition that marks a return to installation practice. Multifaceted itself, the shop and exhibition space become an opportunity to occupy a locale with objects that defy gravity and seek interconnection—at times tilting into motion, continually suspended and in flux. Provocative and whimsical, this site-specific installation functions as
“a pure expression of storytelling,” harnessing communication, collaboration, and interaction to create what feels like “a drawing you can walk through.”

The elements of The Simmering Mind Maze come together in a way that embraces a more vulnerable approach to making, relying on intuition. Incorporating kitsch porcelain figurines from the series La manufacture des tétons de la vérité, which critiques body image and misogynistic tropes, alongside Magic Sticks that question representations of power, and a new series of watercolors exploring looseness, layering, and transparency,
the installation offers an avenue for examining what it means to exist in this world. The work invites movement through a spatial narrative, mirroring the intricacy of human existence.

The installation also includes two Women Warrior sculptures, completed during a residency at 100W–Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency. Together, the works demand engagement with shifting perspectives and encourage an exploration of intuition and the ambiguities of not knowing.

'Planetary Disorientation: Magic Stick - Blue Mess'
is part of an installation created for a solo exhibition at Twelve Thirty Four in Dallas, USA.

Below this page, you can find a video documentation showcasing the entirety of the exhibition.

Some Magic Stick pictures by Ellen Yang Photography

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