Unifier — Ida-Marie Simonsen

Installation

Star-crossed Commuters

Wishing Well

The Tails

Endless Lullab

Unifier

Unfamiliar Flesh ~

Phoenix Lights in Progress

Disturbance in the Core

Painting
Drawing

Unifier
In collaboration with Luis Maria Sulzmann
At JohnenPrivat, supported by Max Goelitz, Berlin, 2024

Unifier
CAD-printed wishbones, artist steel frame, soil, archival inkjet print, naturlatex, ingraved aluminum
Wishbone formation around 4 m tall
2024
In collaboration with Luis Maria Sulzmann

Two hundred wishbones arranged in the shape of one – radiating potential and promise. each piece dares viewers to participate in a ritual: break the bone, claim your wish. as the wishbones break, the installation shatters, spilling fragments into a basket – a collection of dreams now set free. each broken piece captures a moment of connection, a celebration of shared wishes transformed into shards of possibility. we see the fragility of dreams in the broken wishbones but also their resilience. what breaks does not disappear but leaves behind traces – embedded in the space and the shared consciousness. a threshold between the passing and the timeless. the space becomes a silent witness to this collective transformation. while participants come and go, the space is filled with the echoes of broken bones and the unspoken promises each wish carries. it evolves from a silent presence into a living being. the synergy between the two artists creates a form of collaboration in itself. as the participants engage in this act of wishing, their hopes intertwine, weaving a web of shared ambition. a testament to unity born through collaboration. breaking the wishbone is more than just a ritual: it is a declaration that our dreams – when unleashed together – can shatter boundaries and spark a revolution of inspiration.

Text by Paula Maniscalco

Documentation by Luis Maria Sulzmann

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Unifier 2024 Instructions

Required persons: 2

   1. Gently take a wishbone from the wall installation.

   2. Each person holds one leg of the wishbone.

   3. Manifest a wish but don’t say it out loud.

4. Pull the legs apart from each other until the wishbone snaps.

5. The person holding the longer part of the bone is granted their wish.

6. If it snaps exactly in the middle, either both or neither will have their wish granted.

7. Dispose of the two parts in the soil below the installation.

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