Hasta La Ideas

Because we seem to be talking about trophies a lot lately (like here and here), we wanted to make sure you saw Aleksandra Mir’s massive collection of 2,529 sporting trophies, presented this month at the Schim Kunsthalle in Frankfurt.

Aleksandra’s site features extensive documentation of the show, including a full write-up and interview, excerpted below:

Trophies are indeed mass-produced articles, however, each one here has been individualised by an engraving, and tells a personal story. ‘Triumph’ is an archive of popular culture and part of a contemporary history that appears to be as fleeting as the sheen of the lauded metal cup. The thousands of trophies recall the ‘echo of hands clapping and the image of vigorous young bodies’, as Mir says, mirroring the transitoriness of victory and youth, which can be neither halted nor kept. Most trophies end up being thrown out and thus what they remember is lost, though it is still engraved on their front. They are like holiday snaps that fade over time and cannot preserve the adventures and experiences forever.

On view only through this Friday, June 26th at the Schim Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, so if you’re in the area, you better make a run for it.

More images after the jump.

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