Disciplinary mechanisms
The starting point of the project is the notion of innocence.
Artwork inspired by the concept is multi-dimensional. Firstly, by analyzing the shape and material of hunting gear, it examines the oppressiveness of environment geometrization. Secondly, it looks at the analogy between hunting and photography – between fire arms and a camera, appropriating through firing a shot and capturing within a frame, pulling the trigger and pushing the shutter release button, between the moment of entrapping and recording. The aim of the project is to portray disciplinary mechanisms, the structure of disciplinary forms and supervision processes in a well-balanced, non-judgmental point of view.
In the context of the presented works, the term mechanism should be interpreted in two ways – either as a structure mechanism which leads directly to real subjection or as a device mechanism that creates a subconscious, hierarchical relationship between the observer and the observed. An example of a structure mechanism is a live trap, whereas a GPS collar is an example of a device mechanism.
By comparing individual devices according to their size, shape, material and modus operandi, the project poses the question about the limits of interference in freedom.
