The concept of the exhibition is based on Valdek Lauri's critical attitude towards cultural norms and stereotypes. Connecting science fiction and fantasy with history and myths, he looks for alternatives to the ways of being in the present. In his work, he uses iron, bronze and silver casting and 3D printing.
The world is in perpetual change. Countless feedback-enhanced trends or loops are developing, which are in a constant power struggle with each other. Thoughts influence opinions and trigger actions. But people's actions conjure up the future. Thoughts and actions that find support gather strength and become ideologies. But how often do you become aware of the direction of your weather view?
Ideology affects culture in both content and form. Every symbol, sign, and word carries within it the building blocks of meaning from which jokes, stories, and movies, as well as belief systems and mythologies, are made. Each shape, material, and composition represents a belief and has a field of meaning. At times, the connection fields resonate with the social mood, then again fade and fall asleep. Amplifying beliefs, or suppressing them, is one of the few ways we as humans can actually contribute to shaping the future. So we have to ask ourselves, what is the end goal of our sponsored weather forecast? What are we striving for?
