IDENTITY-IN-PROGRESS

 

SK-IN-HEAD IS AN EXPERIMENT TO RETHINK THE NATIONAL HERITAGE IN NEW ERA WITH DEEPER MEANING AND NOT JUST EMPTY SYMBOLS. THE CORRELATION OF THE NAME WITH SKINHEAD SUBCULTURE IS NOT TO BE SHOCKING BUT TO SHOW THE PARALLEL THAT UNDERNEATH SOMETHING WHAT BECAME HIGHLY POLITICAL LAY THE TRUE VALUES WHICH DISAPPEARED OVER THE YEARS. THE VALUE SYSTEM OF THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY CORRUPTION AND UNABLED AUTHENTIC THINGS TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES. IN THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE POLLUTED WITH THE GLOBAL CONSUMPTION IS CHALLENGING TO PLACE NEW ELEMENTS TO DISRUPT THE AUDIENCE AND CREATE EMOTIONS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO BRING INTO THE LIGHT ANOTHER DIMENSION WHICH IS THE ATTACHED STORY BEHIND. NARRATIVE REPRESENTS THE MEANING WHICH IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE FOR SOMETHING TO EXIST AND MAKE THINGS BENEFICIAL FOR THE SOCIETY. CAREFUL MAPPING OF HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, DEMOGRAPHY ACROSS THE SLOVAK NATION AND EXTRACTING THE PURE ESSENCE OF TRADITIONAL VALUES CHANNELLED TO SERIE TWELVE VISUAL VOLUMES WRAPPED IN SIMPLE MALEVICH'S BLACK SQUARE FORMAT TO REPRESENT RETURN TO SQUARE ONE. THE MAIN IDEA IS TO CAUSE VIEWERS CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE MEANING AND TO CREATE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OBJECTIVE  IDENTITY.

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-ALEXANDRA TAKACOVA-