Erik Kessels. Human Zoo
€25.00 (Sold out)Cilvēku zoodārzs (2018) ir foto grāmata, kas kalpo kā atskats uz Ērika Keselsa atrasto un piesavināto fotoattēlu instalāciju Latvijas Universitātes Zooloģiskajā kolekcijā. Atjautīgā un asociatīvā veidā iefiltrējoties starp zooloģijas eksponātiem, šie rūpīgi atlasītie attēli harmoniski sadzīvo ar autentiskajiem dzīvnieku izbāzeņiem, vienlaikus atklājot dīvainas sakarības starp cilvēkiem un dzīvniekiem. Šie attēli liecina, ka cilvēki nereti uzvedas tikpat savādi – un savā ziņā vēl neizskaidrojamāk – kā dzīvnieki. Kā paskaidro pats Ēriks: “Cilvēku zoodārzs ļauj indivīdiem paraudzīties pašiem uz sevi, aiz stikla līdzās citām dzīvnieku pasaules radībām eksponējot cilvēku sugas dižākos īpatņus.”
Cilvēku zoodārzs ir pirmās Rīgas Starptautiskās laikmetīgās mākslas biennāles (RIBOCA1) Viss bija mūžīgs līdz pārstāja tāds būt pasūtījums (Kuratore Katerina Gregos).
[ENG] Human Zoo (2018) is a photo book covering Erik Kessel’s site-specific photographic intervention of a series of collected, found and re-appropriated images at the Zoological Collection of the Museum of the University of Latvia. Infiltrating the zoological displays in a humorous and associative way, these carefully selected images interact with the original animal exhibits, wittily showing the odd connections that humans and animals share. These photos prove that humans often behave as strangely and seemingly inexplicably as the animals with which these images are paired with. As Erik himself explains: “Human Zoo gives human animals a taste of their own medicine, putting prime examples of the human species on display as artefacts behind the glass with the other animals, where we belong.”
Human Zoo was commissioned by the 1st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA1) Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, curated by Katerina Gregos.
Author: Erik Kessels
Title: Human Zoo
Publisher: Kesselskramer
Pages: 120
Size: 13,5 x 18,4 cm
Release date: 2018
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