THE ZOO ESCAPE
Wanting to organize hope. They wanted reality, in the experience of translating.
Giraffe - Look, I’m leaving
Monkey - eh
Lion - whatever you say
Giraffe - yes, it is within my reach, incomprehensible but still within my reach
As in the last lines of a certain moment of wordplay.
They answered - We adore you. We believe you. Let’s get out of here.
They stepped ahead, once, twice, then looking over the fence, over the edge, just about to commit a forbidden act, their heads now touching, emerging, coming together, through the surface, light. Trying to smile, if they go.
Then, in an instant, they belonged to no one, finding themselves only in sentences, more than an expression, they disappeared into freedom.
Imagine how lovely that yellow light was, airy, radiant and atmospheric. All is okay with the world. Hope.
The Zoo Escape
THE ZOO ESCAPE
Anne Sophie Lorange
Oil & Stickers on linen
170 x 170 cm
Note 1:
“How can we come together into a space that can help us through these difficult times of insecurity and social distancing? “
First and foremost, we wanted to bring together the physical feeling of comfort and space, the softness of the pure wool sofa combined with the yellow painting symbolizing hope. Our living spaces are more than ever important in these days. Therefore, bringing hope and comfort to these spaces are our main goals of collaboration. We hope you can feel yourself here. It is open to everyone, so come in and experience.
Importantly, we see the furniture and the paintings as a dialogue within a space. And we are interested in how form, structure and design can relate within a visual space. A question we have asked each other is, “how can paintings relate to specific designs of furniture and vice versa?” The answer lies in a symbiotic relationship. We believe they relate through a dialogue of senses.
The painting enhances the feeling of the coziness and firmness of the soft wool sofa. Here we can sit, we can look, we can touch, we can feel. We can even touch the edges of the sofa where the wool and oak materials meet, with the painting in a dialogue beside us. Relating to a space, the wool and oak feel, merges into the edges of the painting, and it all becomes alive. The hope and spirit of the animals jump out of the painting. We can understand them, we can understand the reason for hope. The reason for the color yellow, living within the living space. The living space becomes alive, and we can find hope. Hope in our space of living.
