KALTBLUT-HONK! 01 Schizoprenia

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The title “σῶμα” (soma) is a Greek term,
which refers to the physical human or
animal body. My starting point for this
project on schizophrenia, which has a
lot to do with psychological borders, is
humankind and its own self-image.
And as we all know, the body is related
to the psychological condition.
Consciously I used this Greek title as my work
is based on the highly developed physical culture
that arose during classical Greek history,
where men were regarded as the likeness of the
Gods and the human body was idealised by its
physical appearance.
But what happens when these rules and standards,
these borders are corrupted and man
becomes so alienated that he is almost unrecognisable?
Here the viewer has to break
through his own boundaries and abandon his
ideals to get access to a world where men and
animals no longer exist.
How do people think they look like when their
psychological health is so endangered that they
get vulnerable to every kind of environmental
influence.
Pull down the mask. What do you see? Isn’t the
humankind an ugly species - inwardly?
When borders become blurred or invisible, human
models melt and cool down to a new state.
Evolutionary borders are ruptured to create
something new. The adnate or hybrid creature
may be part of the world not yet seen, as our
eyes and recognition catch up to this evolutionary
progress.