I pencil
Collection of sculpture made with Eberhard Faber pencil Mongol 482, variable dimensions, 2015-now.
I Pencil comes from the eponym texte written by the economist Leonard E.Read (1958). This first person text, describes the genealogy of the pencil Mongol 482 made by The Eberhard Faber Pencil Cie. Speaking and giving his opinion, the pencil describes the complexe implications of his making and his composition by theorizing an ultra liberal capitalism. The work is composed of 6 pages of the text which are drawn with the original pencil and of a shamanic sculpture. The artefact works as a grigri and underlines the beliefs and faith put into the economical system nowadays.