exhibition: december 9, 2009 – 7.00 pm
CONDUITS
Viale Stelvio, 66
20159 Milan IT
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In House Arrest I wanted to create an atmosphere of punishment — of a compulsory, forced stay or detention in a certain place under specific conditions. It is initiated by a person in a higher position, usually as a result of the prisoner’s misconduct or insufficiently fulfilled tasks or duties. This often happens in relationships between parents and their children, or teachers and their pupils. The situation that interests me has a much broader meaning, even though it is squeezed between four walls, floor and ceiling, and is often isolated from the outer world (which is also one of the conditions of house arrest). In my work, I deal with aspects of my nearby surroundings; my intention is to uncover specific rules, schemes and behavioral patterns, and to try (often unsuccessfully) to find my own position within them.