" We explore the moment before collapse, through a frail equilibrium, through the beauty of weakness. Emotions become visible, fragments wildly emanating through the air. These intense emotional moments are unique opportunities for change. Here we stand, at the precipice of the world, at the end of times, ready to change everything.In this fraction of time, everything is lost in a complex movement. This moment of infinite possibilities represents our excitement for change, for the next evolution to emerge.-- //"
Excerpt of the curatorial text by Samuel Arsenault-Brassard for "A constructive instability" Solo show in Art Mûr (Montreal, Canada)
"...Thomas Elsaesser once used the term “constructive instability” to describe the aerodynamic properties of fighter jets that gain decisive advantages by navigating at the brink of system failure. They would more or less “fall” or “fail” in the desired direction. This constructive instability is implemented within nation-states by incorporating zones where they “fail” on purpose."
This notion’s manifold implications for contemporary political thought and its relation to managed collapse cannot be underestimated in regard not only to technology but also political usage: “Its engineering provenance has been overlaid by a neo-con political usage, for instance, by Condoleezza Rice when she called the deaths among the civilian population and the resulting chaos during the Lebanon-Israel war in the summer of 2006 the consequence of ‘constructive instability’”
Hito Steyerl - Duty Free Art.
This work was done using 3dscanned models worked on a virtual reality sculpting and painting software. This work uses 3dscans by Codame. https://codame.com/projects/modbod-3d
