Sanroman will be presenting Losing Control
The photo series focuses on one of the most prevalent fears people have; losing control. The crux of the problem is the demand for certainty in a world that is always tentative and uncertain, together with self-imposed high expectations. It is precisely this unrealistic demand that creates the anxiety. The images reflect the internal fight of trying to let go. Existentialists refer to this state of letting go as confronting your angst.
The photo series focuses on one of the most prevalent fears people have; losing control. The crux of the problem is the demand for certainty in a world that is always tentative and uncertain, together with self-imposed high expectations. It is precisely this unrealistic demand that creates the anxiety. The images reflect the internal fight of trying to let go. Existentialists refer to this state of letting go as confronting your angst.
Asphyxia by Susana Sanroman
A collaboration of works curated by Rekha Sameer
In the Control Room 17th-23rd November 2014
REKHA SAMEER, Curator
‘The Control Room’ brings to mind the Orwellian concept of control in the book ‘1984’. Surveillance is used to control the citizenry and compelled into obedience. The inhabitants of Oceania have no real freedom or privacy and were watched and listened through two-way tele-screens and hidden microphones by the Thought Police. In today's world there is a increasing dissatisfaction in the world population resulting in a rise in civil disobedience, public rebellion and protests in countries such as
Egypt, Syria and Ukraine. This indicates that the governing bodies of these countries would need to collect and collaborate within Control Rooms in order to strategise and bring back control amongst their citizens.
This project is a legacy of Bristol City Councils Capacity scheme, headed by Ruth Essex which aimed to turn Bristol’s disused spaces into creative places.
Morie info:
The Control Room
A collaboration of works curated by Rekha Sameer
In the Control Room 17th-23rd November 2014
REKHA SAMEER, Curator
‘The Control Room’ brings to mind the Orwellian concept of control in the book ‘1984’. Surveillance is used to control the citizenry and compelled into obedience. The inhabitants of Oceania have no real freedom or privacy and were watched and listened through two-way tele-screens and hidden microphones by the Thought Police. In today's world there is a increasing dissatisfaction in the world population resulting in a rise in civil disobedience, public rebellion and protests in countries such as
Egypt, Syria and Ukraine. This indicates that the governing bodies of these countries would need to collect and collaborate within Control Rooms in order to strategise and bring back control amongst their citizens.
This project is a legacy of Bristol City Councils Capacity scheme, headed by Ruth Essex which aimed to turn Bristol’s disused spaces into creative places.
Morie info:
The Control Room