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Sweet Anticipation Mousetrap by Mark Sturkenboom

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Sweet Anticipation Mousetrap by Mark Sturkenboom Materials: glass, 14kt gold-plated brass, rubber, wood, wool Dimensions: W 40 x D 35 x H 20 cm Our households are over regulated domains. There is a strict order as to who we allow to enter and stay and who we exclude from this privilege. This includes humans as well as animals. It is completely accepted when a mother buys a pet mouse for her child in a pet shop. But when a wild mouse enters our house uninvited, the event is strangely enough answered with panic and violence. This mousetrap-device is designed to change the arrival of the unwanted guest into an arrival of the long awaited. Of course, it provides the mouse with a safe place to stay, water and food at hand, but more important it changes our attitudes. The owner of this trap will inevitably wake up one morning with the strong wish that his or her mouse trap will no longer be empty. Sweet anticipation is the result. Mark Sturkenboom (Driebergen, 1983) is an artist that graduated with honors in 2012 at Artez Academy for the Arts in Arnhem/Netherlands. Since 2012 he works as a conceptual product designer or artist in his atelier in Utrecht. His work balances between art and design, he stretches the boundaries between art and design. He offers new viewpoints and rituals to deal with life. ‘My focus lies not on the appearance of things, but on what I call the deeper layers in the relation between an object and its owner. ‘I try to call forward a myriad of associations and stimulate our thinking about what counts to us in our lives. I examine the meaning of objects and products and set them free from their conventional and initial use.’ Sturkenboom reinterpretates products that are often intertwined with the themes love, time or has an inclination with a collective value perception. Engaging his work, you probably will need to start making ‘moral’ decisions. For instance his Ark, table clock, urn or vase are not just functional or only good looking. In their presence and while handling them they invite you to think about time, love passed or the possibility to free yourself from the burden of your possessions by destroying them. His work is exhibited and part of private collections worldwide, from New York to Shanghai, from Tokio to Amsterdam.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 13.78 in (35 cm)
  • Style:
    Organic Modern (Of the Period)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    2023
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    7-8 weeks
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  • Seller Location:
    Geneve, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1219233876022

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