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Surface (2001-)

'Felt Floor Protector Pads', whose purpose is protecting the floor against damage such as scratching, are normally stuck on the bottom of furniture legs. I stuck them on the floor surface directly, a part of the floor just under the bottom of the furniture legs, which is not the usual method, but their appearance is not unusual.
Thus Felt Floor Protector Pads on the floor appeared on the surface of the floor.
They do not have mobility; they look like 'anchors' of the space. They suggest to us where the furniture legs should be placed. I carefully put the furniture legs on them. The scene almost looked like an ordinary room. In fact, there is a slightly different setting but a totally opposite setting, regarding the stick side.

For example, If one of a chair's legs shifted out of the 'default' point which I intended in this artwork, my intention of protecting the floor against damage would not make sense. The shifting, the small action which brings a chance to change the balance, could expose the system of space. However, in case people keep the position, nobody knows that the 'Felt Floor Protector Pads' are not stuck on the legs.

I simply shift the position of matter in our space as I want to see the balance break or change easily. I am trying to intervene between a 'default position' and an 'artificial position'. I want to include everything in a 'default position '