6.18.2009

Animals? Robots?

I have a few words about our relationship to these creepy little object.
Pepe's toy store is located on Kőbányai street, in the huge chinese market which consists of Four Tigers market on the left side, and a vast amount of wholesale stores on the right side. Pepe Toys is on the right side.
When we first saw these senseless singing-dancing plush-covered toys, even we didn't think of what's inside, we just collected some with many others in 2007, during the preparations for the Paris exhibition of re:orient. Then the idea came already in KIBU to take a look inside and see what's under the plush cover. What we found fascinated us so much, it was obvious for the first moment that we'll use these toys undressed. The process of getting rid of the plush and the wadding evoked some kind of acquittance, or redemption. It felt like revealing the real substance of these little creatures, getting rid of their masque and show their genuine face. This genuineness along with some anthropomorphic, or animic charachter (legs, arms, head, or feelers) strengthened this feeling. What's more, every one of them can appear in different forms. The same core can be dressed like a cow, a frog or a puppy.
The third exhibition upcoming by now, it's something really familiar to go to Pepe. We browse among the toys, we already know the toys we want, or if we find a new kind, we can tell by the touch, what type of mechanical core is inside. Well, at least, most of the times. Last time I've ought three cows. I thoght they are of a type I already know, only a bit differently dressed. When I freed them, surprisingly they turned out to be the funniest little bozos of all.

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