Artist Roman Signer activates his sand bucket sculpture at Malmö Konsthall

[@anulkaaw]

I'm sorry but when they clapped, I laughed. 😅

[@barjosg133]

Normal réaction

[@MrRickkramer]

No need to be sorry 🤣 what a pathetic excuse for art, entertainment or whatever this is supposed to be.

[@eoinoconnor5783]

The guy in red trousers on his hunkers seemed to be enjoying it a good deal.

[@chrisb3189]

@@eoinoconnor5783 He looks gay

[@chaco5810]

you don´t even know what it is...

[@brahbrah7607]

Jesus...the brain power of this whole room is 1 byte

[@celestialsalamander]

Bytes ate data not power. Hz would make more sense.

[@kimmigirlmakeup]

It was the way he opened his arms like “Ta Da’” and walks away so proud of himself!! 🙄

[@butternuts842]

That's generous

[@athinghere]

@@butternuts842 i think its for the microbes and the buckets

[@bonniebeezy4826]

Without the lower class, the upper class could never hold up.

[@bltzcstrnx]

When everyone rich, no one will be.

[@arnabbasu8538]

Womp womp

[@HaveANiceDayLol.]

It's like paying to go see a live action version of those deep facebook artworks with a quote

[@shadowyamakuzi7993]

bro just made a massive mess and people are calling it art, but if i did it then id get slapped by my mother

[@solodaniel8806]

Because your mother is not stupid

[@thomasgraf2908]

You have a good mother, respect her!

[@shadowyamakuzi7993]

@@thomasgraf2908 absolutely incorrect, my mother is a raging alcoholic and smoker, smoking about 3 packs of cigarettes a day and drinking a 2L bottle of wine a day too, sometimes 2 or 3 bottles, she also tried to drown me twice within the first 6 months I was born, labelling it as post birth depression (a real thing), I'm 16 now and moved in with my dad September last year, since then she hasn't said a single word to me, also i have 9 siblings because of her, I'm the oldest. (good mother now huh?)

[@Yesjfi28]

@@shadowyamakuzi7993gosh I’m sorry for you

[@shadowyamakuzi7993]

@@Yesjfi28 lmao all good man, i learned to live with the screws being thrown at my back twice a week and the bullying n shi, im fine now tho dw lol

[@stangrove6153]

I think the true and profound significance of this dynamic art is that it provided me, the viewer, a way to observe the upside down bicycle without obstruction

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

I mean you can slap someone to provoke,but that wouldn't be considered as Art .

[@Spyderz-xo9rz]

This installation or performance art, depicting the transient nature of time and materials. The artist may be exploring themes of impermanence, balance, or the passage of time through the visual metaphor of falling sand. This could prompt viewers to contemplate the ephemerality of life and the continual cycle of creation and destruction. Additionally the act of the falling sand may evoke a sense of movement and change within the space, inviting viewers to engage with the artwork in a dynamic and participatory manner. Or in simple words: This is fucking stupid and dumb.And someone should slap this man for being such a tool.And those people ....talk about a bunch of dummies.

[@simpson3048]

truly emblematic of how modern art is the audience looking around for who will clap first. empty rich bone bags.

[@kivioniles472]

EMPTY........RICH.......BONE BAG! NOW THIS! IS ART!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Truly the best comment I've seen in a long time.

[@v0pe637]

huh

[@TheEmmaHouli]

Dunno, I go to see plays all the time where some confused audience members don't know when to clap (between acts, not between scenes). Some people are just unsure of the etiquette of the environment.

[@CHIRAGPATELChiragPPatel]

It's simple put some of your joker audiance

[@gedesuannataeih9080]

Nah.. someone who creates Dragon Ball is someone who knows art. Period

[@fatnerd7009]

Stfu furry anime discord mod probably likes little girls and can’t get out of bed without breaking a sweat

[@ibrahimtarek7911]

Dragon ball is gay for kids show for autistic people who want to shout nothing cool about someone shouting. It’s not even real so why watch it

[@memyself6454]

"i'm not cleaning that up" the janitor probably

[@notserpmale03]

Artist needs to touch grass holy shit

[@eoinoconnor5783]

What are the odds that for his next sculpture he’ll fill 10 buckets with grass and do the exact same thing?

[@notserpmale03]

@@eoinoconnor5783 that’s cap

[@killzoneisa]

Up there with banana duct taped to the walk.

[@alfredonoriego6390]

I'm sure that Roman Signer reads these comments and will say to himself "they don't understand what I do" hahaha because now that is the norm of current art, to do more and more absurd things, the more absurd and ridiculous, the better, because there is always the shield of being a "misunderstood" artist when they do not understand that they already border on idiocy and exaggeration, always in the past, it happened in the 19th century, it happened at the end of the Renaissance, it happened with the Rococo, etc.

[@alexjowx]

I wanted to write that he would be more with its own and understood on Tik Tok. But that’s really harsh; there’s actually plenty of talented people on Tik Tok

[@drawforge3920]

Blud thinks hes him💀 davinci seeing this from heaven "this lazy ass guy needs to quit art"

[@zahiruddin2610]

This ART MEANS : If your roots are not strong, you will definitely fall even if you are at the highest peak of your successful life.

[@gordonwoods4962]

What a load of shite.

[@vinniem9260]

So how to deactivate it

[@shadow-iu2fv]

crazy diamond

[@pappyhiping4891]

I dumped a bucketload just earlier! Must have been the chili from last night. My wife didnt respond as friendly as this crowd tho.

[@StoneMason351]

I like the term " activates" in the description 😂😂😂

[@vorqoo]

Hmm… laughters aside but I have a serious interpretation, the sand represents the time we have until our deaths and the bucket represents critical lifetime periods. What I interpret from this art piece is: 1. When you wasted your time (similar to how the artist poked a hole through the bottom bucket), 2. It leads to a rapid cascade of downfall over the upcoming years (similar to how the buckets fall in a swift manner at once). 3. However, it is possible to gather back yourself and atone for your past mistakes but you need to put in hard work (similar to how a cleanup is required to fill up the bucket after the fall). 4. Or the whole art piece could just intentionally be a waste of time which in and of itself is no doubt a waste of time that leads to a downward spiral of realisation of the viewers that modern art is trash. If anyone has any other interpretation about this piece, do reply your thoughts! I would gladly read them and see what can we all benefit from.

[@eoinoconnor5783]

If it transformed into Flint Marko, I’d call it art.

[@shadowwolf9823]

Sandman's heist plan: Replace himself with the sand. Wait until it falls. Steal paintings at night when museum closes

[@shubhankarraja2412]

Man in white shirt was so desperate to clap😂

[@frostpg3dmodz966]

He's a spaz

[@shubhankarraja2412]

😂

[@panicpixel923]

modern art just looks stupid to me. any kid with sand buckets can do this

[@Powertrain_Eng]

In case you’re wondering, this is Roman Signer’s Sand Column composed by eight to twelve buckets of sand and are stacked on top of each other like a column. The lowest bucket has a tiny hole in its side, approximately 10mm in diameter. Some sand leaks through it and the column will thus become slanted and eventually fall over. You’re welcome! 😉

[@Dakahrii]

No, it's just a mess. I hope nobody paid him for this garbage.

[@drawforge3920]

Ok bro But what was the point of it and why is it art

[@frankb.1546]

Yeah nobody was wondering

[@bradh6980]

Nobody gives a wet slap of shit.

[@frank4246]

The fuck is that?

[@mrbigbrainfoxm.b.b.f4072]

Me: May I present you this art it is called “Stercore Maculam” The rich: 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@NazhimalhaqFirdaus]

Ok for those who say this is super genious, remarkable, smart. Tell me why, what is the answer, what is the meaning of these

[@mariohw8562]

it's called money laundry

[@kevinsyz1201]

Yeah I get the representation but this isn't art. Its a representation. Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent generally expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. Recognise the word 'Talent' i see none of it in here. artists who get rich or famous this way rly disgust me

[@harleykasugano6551]

Calling him an "artist" is real insult to actual people who do real art

[@gtainsiderable7670]

For anybody: Fail at work. For him: ART

[@brandonowens282]

Can someone explain the significance of this art piece?

[@christianpint6003]

Sand, fall down. Make mess. = sensational

[@brandonowens282]

@@christianpint6003 well if that's art, my coworker made a master piece when he was bringing me a wheelbarrow of concrete and it fell over somehow....twas beautiful 🤌🏻

[@pablolorenzo8095]

​@@christianpint6003😂😂😂

[@BBoxn]

​@@christianpint6003More like Sandsational.

[@Bestubeforyou]

stupidity

[@mhpoe2130]

The janitor loves this guy.

[@SIDEKICKONYOUTUBE]

i don't get it. have they not seen a fallen bucket before ?

[@eoinoconnor5783]

But they never saw 10 falling buckets.

[@cognomen0042]

Swiss artist Roman Signer has been redefining sculpture for more than 40 years and is now regarded as one of the finest representatives of Process and Conceptual art. He produces elementary dynamic sculptures and installations, also known as time sculptures for their preoccupation with the transformation of materials and objects through time. In his actions, acceleration and change are part of the creative process and he uses photography and moving image to document his work. Characterized by processes and potentialities, his work takes into account the concepts of Minimalism and Conceptualism, and with this Signer occupies a unique position in the recent history of sculpture. Signer exploits the possible uses and limitations of everyday objects, such as umbrellas, bottles, tables, chairs and candles, through a process guided by both curiosity and discipline. Like the director of a thriller, he makes use of tension and surprise - with the distinction that in his case everything takes place in the here and now. The works are the direct result of processes initiated by the artist. Signer’s work explores the relationships between sudden energy releases and calm, between order and chaos, and the existence of form in the apparently formless. Physical forces like gravitation and motor energies are both a challenge to the artist and the instruments he relies on to realize his sculptural ideas. In his work, classical sculptural materials have been usurped by sand, water and ordinary objects. Meticulous planning and incalculable chance interact, generating ‘poetic’ visual installations with their own highly developed individual aesthetic. Signer’s artistic explorations of the world around us and its phenomena changes our perceptions and even seems to alter reality. Often the mere indication of a sudden or possible release of energy is enough to transmogrify a simple configuration of objects - a movable wooden arm and a rocket - into a wittily succinct visual commentary on the relationship between cause and effect. His work has been presented in numerous museums and galleries worldwide and has been selected for prestigious international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, where he represented Switzerland in 1999, Skulptur Projekte Münster (1997) as well as Documenta 8 in Kassel where during ‘Action in front of the Orangerie’ he catapulted 350.000 sheets of paper into the air simultaneously with an explosive charge.

[@carlosmendieta1250]

Too much text to Say that is a man playing with things to express an idea (whathever it is).

[@mchfikri]

it's weird and strange to call this sculptures.. because you will offend Michelangelo.

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

​​@@redactedrider7606Guy's art focuses on "cause and effect" stuff. Moving sculptures of "Controlled and deliberate transformation". Like that bucket that leaks out sand on the video. Other works include throwing up a whole bunch of paper in the air with an explosive

[@user-lm8xe9cn8z]

Lazy art ..kid level from 2 to 4 YO

[@Aaron15095]

“Genius!!!”👏🏼🤡👏🏼🤡👏🏼🤡👏🏼🤡Genius!!!

[@iLikeBovril]

fyi, The people watching this are *not rich*. This was a free event put on by the museum. As far as I know, the piece isn't for sale either. The vast majority of art exhibitions are either free or only charge a small fee. If this kind of thing isn't your cup of tea, maybe have a look at some exhibitions near you, you might be surprised!

[@kidpen]

Thanks for the context!

[@redactedrider7606]

How tf would this be fore sale lol

[@iLikeBovril]

@@redactedrider7606 no idea! I just saw lots of people in the comments concerned that this piece was made to dupe rich idiots into spending a lot of money on a pile of buckets, which isn't the case. Modern art might be pretentious, but a lot of it is more accessible than you might think.

[@Nox1anShade]

next time with blue buckets please

[@thatonkgau5221]

This is what pases for art nowadays really? How did we go from the 16 Chapel and Mona lisa to this?

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

Did you just called the Sistine Chapel "16 chapel"?

[@orchidpeaceandlove9894]

DONT support that scammer.

[@DanKennedy_1]

Apparently Stephen King has had enough of writing.

[@legrandduca687]

" as long as it pleases old jewish rich guys, it's art "

[@nanigautam4723]

There are 10 buckets and in exactly 10 seconds precisely the buckets started to move and fall

[@santiagomadridmarin]

Naaa que asco,como van a considerar eso arte,vaya que la brutalidad humana es grande

[@jcoffey1992]

Look at the idiot who pulled his phone out, missing the moment it fell, still clapped like a trained seal

[@MElaughs]

It's so sandenscent. It's a gritty piece that speaks by the bucket load. There is some delicious artistic irony in him pulling the plug on the project and it all toppling down before your very eyes... truly inspiring.

[@slatecreations8193]

You can tell none of them knew what they were seeing. Hence the late clap

[@elicruze7188]

I looked this is to figure out the meaning. Basically he pokes a hole which causes them to fall, shocking I know.

[@arwaalitayyab5280]

Its performance art. It has its value for the show he puts up with simple things. Foe e.g this one shows that people at the bottom hold the most power. They are holding the whole tower together and thus are burdenised with the most weight. If you put too much pressure on them, they collapse and so does the whole system. For e.g agriculture workers. Paid the lowest but have the burden of holding the economy together. Same as agricultural countries. They feed the world. Also when the system collapses the ones at the top suffers the most and the ones at the bottom usually remain intact. Also gives the message to have a balanced life, and not put top much concentration or pressure on one area.

[@cognomen0042]

Characterized by processes and potentialities, his work takes into account the concepts of Minimalism and Conceptualism, and with this Signer occupies a unique position in the recent history of sculpture. Signer exploits the possible uses and limitations of everyday objects, such as umbrellas, bottles, tables, chairs and candles, through a process guided by both curiosity and discipline. Like the director of a thriller, he makes use of tension and surprise - with the distinction that in his case everything takes place in the here and now. The works are the direct result of processes initiated by the artist. Signer’s work explores the relationships between sudden energy releases and calm, between order and chaos, and the existence of form in the apparently formless. Physical forces like gravitation and motor energies are both a challenge to the artist and the instruments he relies on to realize his sculptural ideas. In his work, classical sculptural materials have been usurped by sand, water and ordinary objects. Meticulous planning and incalculable chance interact, generating ‘poetic’ visual installations with their own highly developed individual aesthetic. Signer’s artistic explorations of the world around us and its phenomena changes our perceptions and even seems to alter reality. Often the mere indication of a sudden or possible release of energy is enough to transmogrify a simple configuration of objects - a movable wooden arm and a rocket - into a wittily succinct visual commentary on the relationship between cause and effect. His work has been presented in numerous museums and galleries worldwide and has been selected for prestigious international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, where he represented Switzerland in 1999, Skulptur Projekte Münster (1997) as well as Documenta 8 in Kassel where during ‘Action in front of the Orangerie’ he catapulted 350.000 sheets of paper into the air simultaneously with an explosive charge.

[@user-cv7sz8ds1d]

no no no! solo tiro unos baldes con arena al suelo. no le atribuyamos la respuesta a la pregunta de :que es la vida? por q si voy a la playa y veo dos niños haciendo castillos de arena me parece más arte q esto. encima mira el tarado q está agachado como se sorprende de q el tipo por la millonecima vez probó la gravedad. esto nos hay manera posible q sea arte. es simplemente la decadencia en su máxima expresión .!tirar baldes de arena al piso! ARTE anda a contársela a otro!

[@neilwiththedeal]

You can tell he waited until they clapped to fart

[@dracko2976]

Da Vinci has left the group

[@playwithrichard]

Oh lord what am I watching right now the room got a.5 brain cell

[@AmanMalhotra18]

Michelangelo just rolled over in his grave 💀

[@aurorathekitty7854]

How is this considered art? My cat makes messes when she uses the litter box. I should put her work on display she can start buying her own cat food.

[@andrewvaldez5340]

You are a little late. Someone has already done it with human waste several years ago.

[@think_amphibian0766]

Damn it Roman you made a mess , quick get the janitor

[@HoradrimBR]

And the "invisible cloth"(only the intelligent can see - or that's what the people profiting with it says...) art style continues strong after 100 years.

[@Fritz-Ashely]

Well. I do call it art IF the artist don't push any their representation and force me to swallow it. I be mad and whatever instalation they made or perform is an abosulute crap.

[@mayurdhamale4583]

I'll call this an art if he has stacked those buckets without using a ladder

[@Sammedi1]

I make better art than this in the 🚽

[@ryanmax-grappler8654]

True creative artists are one problem away from sheer madness because art is chaos

[@danielgonzaleznader7387]

This old man should be arrestef for being such a fraud! He must be Bad bunny's father.

[@matthewglenguir7204]

I'd love to hear what Davinci's opinion on this

[@User_idgftypyc3225]

ART ❌ FART ✅

[@ericdkurt4687]

The true art is let me slap that artist...

[@eoinoconnor5783]

Your handprint will be a beautiful masterpiece on his face.

[@athinghere]

@@eoinoconnor5783 I know, it captures the pain and tourment of that collition, allowing people to understand how evil slapping truly is

[@thescholarlychronicler1805]

Aside from inspiring only indifference and apathy, this is a like a blink. Like watching that one raindrop on the passenger window as the car moves through the rain, then you look at something else. This is art for the brain on autopilot, and that's okay.

[@frankb.1546]

No it’s not ok. Art used to take some sort of take talent to create, like a painter or musician. This is crap

[@entertexthere1127]

What the hell was that?

[@AmritZoad]

Playing a good video game would be a better solution for the problem: “being complacent as consumers”. Watching sand buckets fall is definitely not the solution.

[@herbert993]

Let the Hunger Games begin

[@cyberspace667]

Pretty cool

[@alphywolfcansimp]

What just happened👁️👄👁️

[@MrBerserkinTime]

Nobody claps when I shit 😢

[@AB_AB]

This is a demonstration of someone with a very high power level

[@perrypernando8952]

High stupid level 😂

[@keithmiklas2893]

It’s genius… it’s beautiful. Y’all need to look at how the buckets are stacked in YOUR lives.

[@barratchisa2235]

Genius my ass

[@cybergutzz]

Nah cuz I wanted to say snake nah drake💀💀💀

[@zulfikri4450]

All organisation or society will collapse if the founder, man incharge, the man who take responsibility is corrupt and not transparent

[@rainbowdash4898]

Uh…….I don’t get it. 🤨

[@user-wl9uv5jb3d]

may some one explain to me how this is art

[@NatsumiTakanawa]

"yOu jUsT dOnT uNdeRsTaNd aRt" - Every pretentious talentless hack who justifies why normal people don't like what they do

[@fluffyfox4961]

And they're shocked 💀

[@Limbergem]

People are so desperate to be original or find something original.

[@MahidAhmadOfficial]

They were waiting for the art 😂

[@mindcraft313]

Fabulous, but if he had added different shades of sand, man...

[@AmatuerHourCoding]

Go outside dude

[@yankeeluver100]

There is more artistic mastery in the paintings I jump through with Mario in Mario 64.

[@onlyplaywarlock434]

Why don't you use a 10kfps camera to make a slow-mo video of it. I mean that way I might consider it more of an art than this.😂

[@VIJAYKUMARJENA]

Everyone who in this video are Skip 🧠 Or im Brainless 😅

[@hermanThe3mpty]

Brains are not detected

[@elmo2800]

It's not an art exhibit if it's not full of dark thick brimmed glasses

[@raphaelb.7024]

Letzte Woche im Kindergarten

[@moustachelink8919]

I mean… I spilled some water and accidentally almost broke a glass when I was a kid… my mom didn’t clap for me like this

[@Miguelnunez_]

Look. To call it modern art, okay. But honestly, take a second. These were stacked, like a career, but then a small puncture in the foundations makes it all come down. It’s a good analogy.

[@nakkadu]

It's a load of buckets filled with sand and the "artist" displayed zero talent. You could find meaning like that in anything you see but then you're the one doing all the work.....an art gallery should be a display of other people's work that you find impressive.

[@weirdguy4948]

Oh. Okey.

[@Eduardo_velo]

Wow, people pay to see full sand buckets falling like shit on the ground

[@ozanoncel]

I hope he cleaned his mess

[@goorant]

Why is this sooo funny to me?!?!😅 Istill cant figure it out after 20 X

[@celestialsalamander]

What is this kind of "art" called?

[@rosea2350]

Modern art is bologna.

[@fatsogamer4242]

Would be nice if it was painted

[@valentynvorobec7834]

And they say landlords are useless to society...

[@rumcajs009]

The f... am I looking at 😂😂😂

[@KevinEontrainer381]

No way this is not a skit...

[@bruh_bruh9479]

It's called "gravity".

[@diethster]

That would be 10 grand please, thank you.