FREE WAS 2026

reflects on the instability of direction, language, and political reality.

What today is called freedom can tomorrow become doom.

The installation consists of familiar yellow road signs—objects that usually promise orientation, certainty, and movement toward a destination. Mounted on a wind-driven structure, they continuously change direction, refusing any fixed truth or permanent certainty.

By adding a single letter, Freedom becomes Freedoom. A minimal linguistic shift reveals how fragile political ideals can be, and how easily narratives of liberation can transform into systems of control, violence, or fear.

Rather than offering a clear direction, the work embraces uncertainty. It questions the assumption that freedom is permanent or guaranteed, suggesting instead that its meaning is constantly renegotiated and ultimately depends on who controls the wind.