Fins

Charlott Weise

At once a clock, a totem and a suspended gambit, this mischievous object draws its pulse from a confluence of materials: found fragments held in place by deliberate, almost ritual punctures of the needle. Myth and chance meet in this symbolic assemblage. At its centre appears an ancient coin depicting Atargatis, the Syrian goddess whose origins reach back to the temples of northern Mesopotamia, her presence folding the work into a lineage of metamorphosis. Beneath her, a champagne bottle and a salvaged, bedraggled Dutch klomp emerge as gentle auguries; tokens of celebration and the unpredictable currents of fortune. Though compact in scale, Fins feels like an artefact of a broader cosmology: eccentric, beguiling and entirely its own.

 

Proceeds from this edition support the forthcoming artist’s book ‘Damse Vinne, a poetic exploration of metamorphosis told through the image of the fish tail, to be published with Building Fictions in 2026.

£390 + P&P

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