Artist Statement

Tabot is a vertical, free-standing sculpture in mirror-polished 316L stainless steel. The column’s relief fractures highlights into quicksilver facets, so the surroundings—trees, façades, passing people—are continuously re-written across its surface. From distance it reads as a pure, lucid line; at proximity the metal behaves like liquid light, pooling and surging as the viewer moves.
The work extends Rado Kirov’s exploration of the Mercury Effect, where sculpted steel acts like a fluid skin. The totemic format evokes ancient markers and obelisks, yet its optics are decisively contemporary—ambient, cinematic and site-responsive. Tabot is engineered for exterior or interior placement and can be fabricated to project specifications.