Out of Control / 2009

Mixed media installations, dimensions variable

Out of Control I (Him, Her)

If it were necessary to position male and female relationships into one of the universal genres, it would be a ‚drama‘, without a doubt. Plain ignorance of the fact that both male and femal speak different languages, as well as the persistent desire to control the uncontrollable, creates a non –stop vicious circle of universal problem solving.

One of the most moving accounts of male performed type of control is persuading woman by means of a ‚logical argument‘. Or else, attempts to predict and construct possible models of female behaviour. In turn, female undertakings to fight male pragmatism and rationalization have alredy gained a‚classic‘ standing within this genre.

Once members of both sexes will understand and accept that differences they painstakingly war against, are, in fact, the preconditions for the necessary balancing, the control will be brought right back.

Out of Control II (Fatal Attempt)

Even though society is seemingly open towards broadening of the ‚norms‘, an increased control over human conduct remains to be one of the main prerequisites of the formation of a ‚healthy‘ society. It is even more considerable to see the sheer volume of ‚unwritten laws‘, sensory guides that any given member of cultural grouping is made to submit to, in order to sustain and maintain his standing within the group.

Being a member of a civilized, even more so a cultured society, a person is regularly being confronted in relation to himself. It turns out to be a balance between tolerance and honesty, an ongoing exercise in scrutiny of personal thought and emotion, that we call ‚socialization‘. Display of our actual thought and emotion would be a totally ‚fatal step‘, resulting in a social suicide. However, maximalism exists in the world to the present day, why not to commit this social suicide consciously and with a certain amount of pleasure? In fact, there are numerous ways how to become an ‚outcast‘ very fast.

Every journey starts with a first step. Start with a little. Stop following fashion. Start citing God’s Word. Tell just plain truth and simple verity. The results will not make you wait long!

Out of Control III (Time out)

The uncontrollable flow of the time proves again and again, that the rules of the game that we follow, in fact, do not fall into our competency level, nor are open to discussion. As years go by, the inertia of time just keeps getting stronger. Everything that we can do, is to stop and reflect on the ever decreasing quality of our life time.

The pragmatic arrival of this seemingly bright everyday life and its instantenous transformation into a past, sooner or later makes us reconsider our relationship to the very present day. It makes us prescribe to it a whole new different meaning. And the sooner, the better.

Out of Control IV

A work that stimulates imagination. Creates an unsattiable desire to move the pedal. However the work is, precisely, a dedication to that: the control of uncontrollable desires and emotions. Therefore the instalation is not allowed to be engaged with!

Out of Control V

Video documentation (2,5 min., video: K. Kursisa)
ALMA gallery, Riga, Latvia, 2009