spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka

spill, 2018

three-channel installation, 12’34”, HD, black and white, no sound, aspect ratio 16:9, DOP: Tomasz Ziółkowski, participants: Jakub Antosz, Jarosław Trybuś, Grzegorz Stefański, ed.3+2AP

Acknowledgements: Maria Stokłosa, Mikołaj Syguda, Daniel Mekarski, Irad Mazliah, Szymon Pacho, Bartosz Tyciński

„spill” is a three-channel installation oscillating between photography and focusing on the split-second inertia experienced by masculine bodies in the act of falling. Western culture generally resists falling because of the aversion to shame and failure associated with it. It also represents the actual physical direction of dying, tapping into one of our most primal fears. Advocating for a fall seems to provoke danger or pain. But falling - or failing - can be an agent of change. In this work, the vulnerability of falling is a vital and emancipatory force in redefining contemporary masculinity.

spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka

spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka

spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka

spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka

spill, installation view, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, 26.04-03.06.2018, photo Bartosz Górka