"Pressure" Iluminated Side Table / Sand-Printed Sculpture by Eduard Locota

The work “Pressure” represents a person forced to fit into a smaller than humanly possible enclosed box. Claustrophobic, enclosed with no opening in sight, no doors, no handles and no keyhole. He is convicted to exist into a space smaller that the volume of his body, into an enclosed space filled with liquid. The man is not only crouching, but subdued, broken, embracing himself, with no freedom in sight. Is it a reference of imprisonment, the lack of liberty or just meant to introspection? “Pressure” plays in parallel, a game of reference between centuries of art. The artworks has its classical counterpart made by Michelangelo “Crouching boy”, an unfinished sculpture by the master artist made for the Medici family. An influential family ravaged by conflict and war.

Using sand printing technology, also known as 3D sand printing or Additive Manufacturing with Sand (AMS), is a modern and innovative process that has revolutionized the casting industry.