A quotation by Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 B.C.- 17 A.D.) is projected onto the metal lid of a closed box: "gutta cavat lapidem" or "a water drop hollows out a stone". A hit, delivered mechanically from inside the container at regular intervals of 3 seconds, opens the lid briefly only to let it drop and close the box until the next hit can be heard. The sequence repeats itself undefinable in this kinetic art sculpture.

 

Leak(c)age is an audiovisual sculpture displayed in multiple international contemporary art scenes, which deals with the complex relationship within the imperatives of information secrecy and disclosure in the public interest. Also in this line, Leak(c)age is an hommage and a prayer to whistle-blowers throughout human history, imagined or real, such being the case of the figure of Prometheus in Greek mythology or persons from the current global scene such as Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. (Also, Ovid, as it happens, ended up in exile)