Irena Lagator Pejović

works

Limited Responsibility Society, Santa Croce sull’Arno

2012
supermarket till rolls - copies of customers’ original receipts, dimensions vary according to setting Text: Ilaria Mariotti
Exhibition/Venue: Società a responsabilità limitata (S.r.l.), Limited Responsibility Society (L.L.C.), Villa Pacchiani, Santa Croce sull'Arno (Pisa), Italy.
Curated by: Ilaria Mariotti
Photo: Andrea Abati

One important characteristic of Irena Lagator Pejović’s creations is that they are environmental, that is, they aim to construct places where the process of sharing takes time. Her work seeks to spur viewers on, inviting them to walk through a space, get in touch with it (physically) and participate in processes that time and time again alter the values and the meanings it conveys. Thus, at Villa Pacchiani, Irena Lagator Pejović has constructed a path that, starting with the assumption that contemporary society is governed by laws and conventions that largely regard the economy, attempts to create some devices by which numerical and economic data are made less trenchant, in conventional terms, while leaving room for reflection upon the aspirations and creative ability of the human mind.

It is a path through time that is travelled when crossing the installation Limited Responsibility Society, Santa Croce sull’Arno: a city made up of over a thousand rolls of till receipts from a local supermarket - documents that highlight the imposing consumption of material goods in even a small city such as Santa Croce sull’Arno. They bring to vivid, visual life the material needs of families, firms, and individuals, recording their every purchase of goods. However, the photosensitive paper, that is, not printed with ink, is destined to fade in time, a fact that adds a slightly melancholy note to the quantity of paper, expense, time, and daily life this city dedicates to consumption and things. (excerpt from the text by Illaria Mariotti in the exhibition catalogue)