BY SHARING OUR WORRIES WE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY OVERARCHINGLY UNITED IN OUR COMMON CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORLD, BUT ALSO DEFINED AS INDIVIDUALS BY THE UNIQUE WAY WE EXPRESS THEM.
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THOMAS MARCUSSON, ARTIST
THE SCULPTURE
THE WORRYBALL IS A SCULPTURE THAT BOTH EXISTS IN THE ONLINE SPACE AS WELL AS IN REAL LIFE EXHIBITIONS.
THROUGH THIS WEBSITE PARTICIPANTS SHARE THEIR WORRIES AS PART OF A COLLECTIVE WHOLE. AS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICIPATE THE WORRYBALL SCULPTURE WILL GROW, WITH ONE WORRY AT THE TIME.
THE WORRYDOLLS
THE WORRYBALL CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 5000 INDIVIDUAL WORRY DOLLS, MADE BY HAND IN GUATEMALA. THE GUATEMALAN CHILDREN BELIEVE THAT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT, YOU TELL ONE WORRY TO EACH DOLL, YOU THEN PLACE THE DOLLS UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING YOUR WORRIES ARE GONE.
THE SOUNDS RESONATING FROM BOTH THE ONLINE AND THE PHYSICAL SCULPTURE CONSIST OF RECORDED WORRIES FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL CORNER OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING WORRIES FROM SOME OF THE GUATEMALAN ARTISTS THAT ACTUALLY PRODUCED SOME OF THE WORRY DOLLS.
THE ARTISTS
THE WORRYBALL IS ENTIRELY CONCEIVED AND PRODUCED BY SCISSORS, INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS:
THOMAS MARCUSSON
STEPHANIE RAJALINGAM
ERNESTO SUMARKHO
LIVIA GIACOMINI
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CASTLE CREW AND ATHENA MAROULIS AND HER GUATEMALAN FRIENDS.
CONTACT
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORRYBALL OR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ARRANGING AN EXHIBITION, PLEASE CONTACT:
thomas.marcusson@gmail.com
