COULD SHOULD WILL

karina-sirkku kurz COULD SHOULD WILL

galleri sinne 25.2-13.3.11

"Life is interaction. Art is interaction. I can't separate them from one another.

I am interested in the phenomenon of the human condition. What does it mean to be a human? How do I distinguish between being here or being somewhere? How do my senses and my understanding keep me in touch with my surroundings? Does what I see necessarily exist?

It all seems to happen automatically, unnoticed, somewhere in the background. The complexities of staying upright - in a physical as well as in a mental sense - can't be experienced until some part of the body is not working probably.

I can not disrobe and put my body on a coat-hook like a used garment. I am my body. Every perception is bodily experience. Desire and pain are building blocks of basic life experiences. Desire is a movement that keeps me alive and pain reminds me of my boundaries.

Where are the limits of my body? Where do they start and where do they end?"

EXTENSIONS. A SHOULD TRY

"What happens when I switch off one of my senses? How do perception and understanding change when I still see, but not what I touch? How does one's awareness of touch change when a sensation is not experienced with a familiar body part?

When I'm open to the unfamiliar, I'm extending the spectrum of experiences by destroying conventional patterns. This allows for the possibility for everyday experiences to be seen in a new light."