frits jeuris

Tribe

17  / 09  /   2022

Commissioned by Chiro Nationaal / De Kalei

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“A tribe in anthropology is a community of people that is large enough to consist of different parts, but in which the economic situation does not yet allow an elite to arise. Tribes are largely egalitarian groups that often consist of multiple bands”…

That was the approach to look for a shape, the circle as a meeting place, as a symbolic object, but of course also to really use it.

The steel structure is self-supporting like a basket and consists only of hand-formed parts, they are not perfect but together they form a whole.

They form a space for uncertainty and imperfection In our apparently malleable society with perceived certainties.