No name Split

Trapped in an underground tunnel, visitors of Goran Petercol’s exhibition became material of my work. Withdrawal of light brings visitors to the edge of their comfort zones, manipulates impressions, and causes physical movement. Without trying to influence the result, I document the moment using night cameras. The work refers to the safe cultural context of arts exhibitions, as a segment of everyday life that is easy to consume and perceive on the surface. Though intervention into usual practices, and by distorting the common patterns of behaviour, I destroy the safe context of the arts. Surrounded by the unknown, we need to re-introduce ourselves and question own perception of the environment. Layers of this work include social and historical connotations, and the moment of physical insecurity is just one aspect of doubt into the perception of the known.

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Technical info: happening, cca. 30 minutes.
Video documentation: 20’36’’
Exhibited: 2005 Dialogue Goran Petercol – Ana Kuzmanić,
in association with Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia