Y-BLOCK
The individual as a social building unit — the block — the base of the structure of the larger whole.
The fictional textual meta-narrative that was part of the exhibition is associative meditation, self-reflection
on one's own "Eastern" post-socialist hyperidentity disintegrating and fragmented under the influence of technology.
Experiencing an uncertain globalized present that creates an ambivalent relationship to the past, future and to one's own identity.
Object and subject as a time capsule of presence and the paradox of searching for lost time and identity in the local environment
of home at the point zero.
The exhibition was part of my project as a Bridge Guard artist in residence. The residency is connected ontologically to the Mária Valéria Bridge and to the River Danube in Štúrovo, Slovakia. From April 1 - September 15, 2020 my residency happened during corona quarantine under border lockdowns.
One point. A sign. A place.
Two points. Connected by a line. Vertical or horizontal.
Two lines of equal length connected by two lines of equal length create a square.
The square is flat. A plane.
The cube is spatial.
The cube has: its spatial extent, its material and more than one side.
It is composed of planes in space. It lies on the horizon, or is located vertically.
The square is transformed. Transformation. It repeats several times, at different angles.
The cube is made up of interconnected squares, but the view is different
from each point of view.
Obsession.
The square. If flat, it’s usually a square. If it has dimensions, it’s a cube. The cube is made up of planes in space. It lies on the horizon, or is placed vertically.
In the past, the position of celestial bodies was measured relative to the horizon. To determine latitude, the height of the setting Sun above the horizon was measured.
Explorers reached distant lands, which were then colonised, with the help of the horizon.
Abroad. Exotic, attractive and clean.
Homeland — Post-socialist exotic.
The three truths of the triangle. If we add the fourth point, we get the basic backbone of the square.
The inside of the square is flat and empty. The walls form the spatial extent of the rectangle / square.
The gallery, empty space. White cube. Hospital and psychiatry also has white space. Institutional systems where we are educated and disciplined, such as school. A system of social rituals. An institutional system.
The body moves in the white space in familiar and repetitive practiced movements — which are naturally internalised by social habits, organised in the same way as for movements in sports.
Sport moves towards a goal. Towards mental and physical cleansing.
A cat. It has nine lives. I'll put it in the cube. It’s moving in this specific space. It might die. Maybe it'll survive.
Existence at many places and in many spaces simultaneously: paradoxical identity. Neoliberal capitalism. The body is on the move, but it is also paralysed at the same time. It stands still and is also moving in the space. In-between past and future there are two points. It’s a politics of active paralysis. The present. No future exists.
Two paralysed/static objects are in a space: object A and subject B.
The third one is a body in movement: C
C orbits as freely as a planet. An object at a place, in space.
The horizontal and the vertical relationship of the triangle. An object.
The spectator orbits around it.
The object predetermines the identity of the spectator. If there is no object, the spectator also does not exist.
The art piece forms the social mind. It’s an organic sculpture.
Obeying the rules, discipline.
My moves are disciplined.
Collective paralysis.
Inside and outside.
The paradox of social borders.
From ourselves to another. Towards otherness.
The water in which a body is reflected. Collective consciousness.
Sign, imprint.
Social structure.
Two points. Connected by a line. Vertical or horizontal.
Two lines of equal length connected by two lines of equal length create a square.
The square is flat. A plane.
The cube is spatial.
The cube has: its spatial extent, its material and more than one side.
It is composed of planes in space. It lies on the horizon, or is located vertically.
The square is transformed. Transformation. It repeats several times, at different angles.
The cube is made up of interconnected squares, but the view is different
from each point of view.
Obsession.
The square. If flat, it’s usually a square. If it has dimensions, it’s a cube. The cube is made up of planes in space. It lies on the horizon, or is placed vertically.
In the past, the position of celestial bodies was measured relative to the horizon. To determine latitude, the height of the setting Sun above the horizon was measured.
Explorers reached distant lands, which were then colonised, with the help of the horizon.
Abroad. Exotic, attractive and clean.
Homeland — Post-socialist exotic.
The three truths of the triangle. If we add the fourth point, we get the basic backbone of the square.
The inside of the square is flat and empty. The walls form the spatial extent of the rectangle / square.
The gallery, empty space. White cube. Hospital and psychiatry also has white space. Institutional systems where we are educated and disciplined, such as school. A system of social rituals. An institutional system.
The body moves in the white space in familiar and repetitive practiced movements — which are naturally internalised by social habits, organised in the same way as for movements in sports.
Sport moves towards a goal. Towards mental and physical cleansing.
A cat. It has nine lives. I'll put it in the cube. It’s moving in this specific space. It might die. Maybe it'll survive.
Existence at many places and in many spaces simultaneously: paradoxical identity. Neoliberal capitalism. The body is on the move, but it is also paralysed at the same time. It stands still and is also moving in the space. In-between past and future there are two points. It’s a politics of active paralysis. The present. No future exists.
Two paralysed/static objects are in a space: object A and subject B.
The third one is a body in movement: C
C orbits as freely as a planet. An object at a place, in space.
The horizontal and the vertical relationship of the triangle. An object.
The spectator orbits around it.
The object predetermines the identity of the spectator. If there is no object, the spectator also does not exist.
The art piece forms the social mind. It’s an organic sculpture.
Obeying the rules, discipline.
My moves are disciplined.
Collective paralysis.
Inside and outside.
The paradox of social borders.
From ourselves to another. Towards otherness.
The water in which a body is reflected. Collective consciousness.
Sign, imprint.
Social structure.
