Monument to Travelers

Installed on 16.12.2024

Ao Leuk, Koh Tao, Thailand

Bioceramics — salt, flour, water, acrylic pigment
7 × 5 × 9 cm

How does a monument travel?

From 26 November to 16 December 2024, two small figures travelled with us from Hungary to Thailand. Along the way, they were brought into contact with places, monuments, landscapes, and sites of cultural significance.

They travelled from Budapest Airport to Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and finally Koh Tao. At each stage, we looked for a place where they might belong.

The figures were made from salt, flour, and water — a material that could travel easily but could not remain unchanged.

On Koh Tao, heavy rain began to soften them. Their bodies started to swell and change.

Instead of protecting them from the weather, we brought them to a spirit house near Ao Leuk beach.

There, the little travelers were left to negotiate with the place.

The next day, the weather cleared.

Whether this was coincidence, ritual, or simply the logic of the landscape remains open.

The monument was never intended to be permanent. Its journey, its encounters, and its eventual transformation are part of the work.

A Minik is not designed to occupy a place indefinitely. It enters a place, stays for a while, and becomes subject to the conditions it encounters.

Here, the monument itself became a traveler.

And perhaps the final destination was not a location at all, but a temporary agreement with the place.

R², 2024