MECHANISMS: MANAGING RISKS FROM CATASTROPHIC OUTCOMES

Abstract

The paper "Mechanisms: Managing Risks of Catastrophic Outcomes" explores a complex system of personal fears that acts as a basic matrix and often a necessary premise for my daily activities. Fear is most often activated by a sentence or a thought What if… The subtitle of the paper also follows from this: "Managing Risks of Catastrophic Outcomes". Through artistic research, three fears were highlighted, to which special attention was paid: fear of death, fear of losing control and fear of failure. Through my artistic work, I explore the complex matrix according to which these fears function, which I present as a spatial installation composed of a total of four mechanisms driven by different electrical devices. Each mechanism individually depicts some of the key themes and concepts related to the aforementioned three fears such as incompatibility, relegation, ineligibility, evasion, isolation, error ...