Rix Vexation (Hysteria as a Starting Point)
Installation, performance, 2011
This is a project of Latvian and German artists exploring the socio-cultural context of Survival Kit 3 through a hysteria discourse. In addition to being an epidemic in society, hysteria is also a semiotic and aesthetic phenomenon. It can be perceived as a bodily language, a physical form of expression. The symptoms here function as part of a system of codes to communicate subjective and cultural (dis-)content. On the one hand this research based project provides a common ground for thoughts and communication. On the other hand the subject of hysteria is also a place of friction: there is always a ‘formless’ zone to be encountered here - something that cannot entirely be translated into a formal language of scientific discourse. The energies which are set free throughout this transformative process will be the main focus of the exhibition.
Artists' Bios:
Kathi von Dolffs lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg.
Daiga Grantina is living in Hamburg where she is currently completing her diploma in the class of Jutta Koether at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Kate Krolle completed her MA studies in visual art. The main subject in her works and acts describes the internal human condition characterized by alienation from so called reality.
Alida Mueschen lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg.
Katrīna Sauškina an audiovisual artist. Graduated form the Art Academy of Latvia in 2010. Lives and works in Riga. Since 2008 her works have been exhibited in Latvia and in Europe. Her works concern social discourses engaging interactive art works.
Inga Meldere is visual artist, working mainly in painting. Lives and works in Riga.