Piedi

For the installation Piedi, the artist had plaster casts made of his feet, and combined these with calipers. Brutally, the tool’s slides dig into the plaster foot, getting a fast grip on it and damaging its surface. Caloro has created a strong metaphor here. In this instance the hint of violence in measuring the feet, linked with a restricting of the freedom of movement, gives rise to a comparison with an unpleasant development in our social situation: people today are increasingly subjected to constant social control, evaluation, classification, as well as the pressure of optimization. In keeping with the motto of “Bigger, faster, further” the longing for freedom and limitless opportunity tips into compulsion, pressure, restriction, and excessive demands.