RITA KAZAKEVICA

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Exhibition at Falmouth University.

Disposable.

Disposable

Disposable

Disposable series

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During 2013, Chomsky identified the decline for the “right of nature” in our society. This “right” is condemned as Berger describes that it is always the, “lack of common language, its silence, guarantees its distance, its distinctness, its exclusion, from and of man” (Berger 1980:6) that allows the chaos to creep unnoticed into our collapsing society. Further exploration within the concept of domesticated hybrids would have led me to construct appropriated imagery to signify the aesthetics of a “zoo”. According to Berger, he describes a zoo as the “living monument to their own disappearance” (Berger 1980:26). The caption of this work would present voyeuristically displayed models within the cage of these domesticated animals.

This work presents a dark and dramatic effect in hope to capture andemphasize the horrific events in our present times that shows our “…capacity todestroy ourselves” and system behind the richest states that,” have [the] right, but no one else has” (Chomsky 2013). Unlike the mythology of hybrids in Greek and Roman art, I recycled the original belief of shared traits into the oppression of man’s destruction. Once deconstructed, a new viewpoint was formed around broken and domesticated animals that at some degree can mock the visual pleasure enforced artificially by the media and fashion industry in order to sustain the consumption of consumerism.

Project entitled: Domesticated Hybrids by Rita Kazakevica

Project entitled: Domesticated Hybrids by Rita Kazakevica

Project entitled: Domesticated Hybrids by Rita Kazakevica

It can also be said that the very first notion in my work came from legends, myths and folktales of Greek and Roman renaissance art that still accompanies one’s own imagination. Whilst the origin of mythology derived to signify the shared strengths between man and animal, examples are known as, “ the minotaur, the medusa, the centaur, the siren, the sphinx and the satyr are just a few of the mythical chimeras” (Aloi 2012:69). These mystic beasts embody an idealistic power of strength, bravery, wisdom and beauty. Freud describes these beats as, “monsters [that] are personification of the unheimlich. They stand for what endangers one’s sense of security, stability, integrity, well-being, health and meaning” (Freud cited by Asma 2009:188). The myths around Medusa vary from one book to another, however the most complicated and objectified reflection by Freud assumes that the decapitation of Medusa’s head symbolized “castration” (Freud cited by Moore 2014). In addition to this, the most disturbing detail is that, “it’s not in our memory, but it’s in their memory” (Chomsky 2013).

by Rita Kazakeica

Photography by Rita Kazakevica