Location: Park near the Cultural Center, near the river by the pier
“Fear of Change” is a sculpture composed of two clearly different parts: a simple, heavy base and a dynamic, figurative form. The figure is built from small lumps, cubes. The whole is monochromatic: everything here has a warm, dark brown, at times rusty colour. The sculpture was made from Corten steel. The object has a certain tension in it, which comes both from the title and from the way the figure is represented.
The sculpture, together with the plinth, is 2.5 metres high and one metre wide. The represented figure occupies an area 2.5 metres deep. The sculpture stands on a cubic, steel plinth with an edge length of 1 metre. It is a massive, simple block with a rusty brown surface. Its walls are smooth, but they bear traces of streaks, discolouration and the natural oxidation of the metal.
The actual, figurative part of the object is placed on the plinth. It is a human figure. It is simplified, slightly deformed. It is difficult to recognise the gender of the represented figure. It is built from a multitude of small cubes. They are all of a similar size. The side edge measures about 15 centimetres. The same module is repeated throughout the sculpture, but the arrangement of the elements remains irregular. The cubic blocks themselves are slightly irregular. In addition, they are set at different angles. Most often, they do not adhere to one another with their sides. Their spacing and angled arrangement mean that narrow gaps almost always appear between them. Because of this, the figure seems to vibrate. The viewer may have the impression that the representation was achieved by stopping in motion several dozen small blocks that are constantly balancing, vibrating.
The figure portrayed in this way is sitting on the plinth. Its buttocks and hips are almost in the centre of the plane of the base. The figure has straightened and spread legs. The legs are massive, slightly oversized. They protrude beyond the cuboid and are suspended in the air in front of the sculpture. The figure’s feet are enlarged. The toes point upwards.
The figure’s torso is quite narrow. It’s androgynous, it resembles neither a male torso nor a female chest. The sculpture has no arms or hands. But the arrangement of the cubes in this part of the sculpture suggests that the arms are positioned close to the body and crossed at chest height.
At the top of the composition there is a small head. It has no face or anatomical details. It is only a vertical, angular and slightly elongated solid, built from the same brown modules as the rest of the representation.
The composition works through contrast. The plinth is simple, heavy. The figure above it is open, gives the impression of being fragmented and is full of small gaps. From a distance, the silhouette of the figure can already be recognised, but when we are close, the body falls apart into individual parts.