Nails
Looking for hook, I came across few hooks but found many nails protruding from the walls of my apartment. Some were supporting kitchen tools, others organizing the space above my work area, and even more nails were hiding underneath coats and picture frames. There they were—nails doing everything hooks should be doing. Once affixed to a wall, the nail became a hook. Accessibility and range in scale have allowed nails to roam freely on the walls of my apartment—their numbers growing to 50 and counting.
What I found most peculiar however, is their tendency to be near each other. Their presence was considerably denser in specific areas such as the kitchen, work-area and entryway. This led me to question if hooks are naturally social, and if they need the same support networks we receive from our family, friends and co-workers, or even the occasional kindness of strangers.
These groups of nails explore an aspect of hook-ness in the way hooks function in multiples. Modifications on the nails provide subtle cues for intentional joining and arrangement. These groupings allow nails to explore new functions as such as a forming a loop or a shelf, or just keeping each other company. This project asks questions about the way hooks relate to each other and what might happen if they were able to interact with one another.
Anna Gukov was born in another part of the world and currently works on another planet. She likes listening to stories and sometimes writing them as well.
