Moment to Mo(nu)ment

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“The Archive of Handshakes” and “The Protocol of Agreements” are presented in dialogue, each having to do with the handshake as a gesture. Both works situate this social act within the temporal frame of architecture.

In “The Archive of Handshakes,” a sculpture preserves the space between two hands at the moment of contact, casting clutch in clay. By fixing that exchange, this work materializes a social ritual that typically passes unnoticed. 

“The Protocol of Agreements” looks at the institutional implications of the gesture. Here, the handshake signals the initiation of systems: contracts, regulations, legal frameworks. Within an architectural context, these agreements inform the production of space itself, shaping the built environment and the social structures it supports. These momentary gestures participate in the making of lasting material and civic realities. 

Credits

Author

Ljubica Arsić

Curators

Aet Ader, Karin Tõugu and Pavle Stamenović

SISU 2024 – Time Capsule

Type

Clay Sculpture ca. 7x7cm and Printed Booklet A5

Location

National Film Archive, Tallinn, Estonia

Year

2024

SISU is a major event in the field of Estonian interior architecture and spatial design, which deals with topics related to interior architecture. The symposium has become a meeting place for recognized theorists and practitioners in the field of architecture from all over the world. This year’s SISU will take place from the 13th until the 20th of June in the premises of the National Archives film archive in Pelgulinn. The focal point of SISU is an exhibition and the accompanying symposium