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the man without a confession

Sculpture - 2018


Protocol: This involves inserting a third player into a chess game. Two chess players write down their next move in a secret notebook. The third player, having placed his new pawn in the center of the chessboard, tries to guess where the next player will strike. If he's right, the third player obstructs the game.

The man without confession is the story of a pawn that wanders against its will. It is off the board and must move in the margin of the established checkerboard. Within this vast chessboard, a game of chess is in progress. The man without a confession can obstruct this part by imposing chance through his comings and goings. Any chance in chess? Impossible! Take a closer look.... The man without a confession is here, whether you like it or not. He is the new Pawn. Chess players must therefore count with him and anticipate his moves, in addition to the normalized acts they perform on the board. It is thus a question for each of the two chess players to write down their next move on a notebook. Once the player's move is noted and kept secret, the man without a confession, having placed his new pawn in the center of the board, bets in turn by placing himself on the square where he thinks the player will hit. If he is right, the man without a confession obstructs the game, otherwise the game continues as if nothing had happened (or almost). You will have understood it, more than logic, the ability of man without confession to resist within the chessboard depends on his mind. What is certain is that the chessboard shows for the first time a dysfunction.



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