Psychotherapy solo show (2004)
Psychotherapy - 4-channel video installation witih the contribution of Samuil Stoyanov, shown as site specific installation ot SGHG, 2004, Anton Terziev. Courtesy of the artist
Anton Terziev deals with the inertia of everyday life and the lack of free human will in a consumer society. The title is a tease with the determined way of life, providing man by means of repetition of routine actions with an illusion of the adequacy of his existence, turning him into a puppet of the system. The conformist character accepts the established rules of the game without trying to resist or change them in the name of a higher cause. In this work Anton Terziev investigates the process of personality deconstruction in a similar type of society. The individual’s free will that has become stunted seems to be a direct consequence or regularity, and in any case it is the easiest form of survival. At first glimpse Psychotherapy is a comic domestic story, concealing however a tragic existential problem. Anton uses allegorical but sharp language to describe the conflict or rather the horrific refusal of open conflict between the individual and the system. The videos are built up according to the black comedy principle, where nothing is what it seems. Packaging plays an essential part in the installation.
Yana Kostova - curator
Psychotherapy (1-4), DVD 3:12 min, Edition 5+1AP, Courtesy of the artist
Psychotherapy (2-4), DVD 3:59 min, Edition 5+1AP, Courtesy of the artist
Psychotherapy (3-4), DVD 3:58 min, Edition 5+1AP, Courtesy of the artist
Psychotherapy (4-4) 7min, DVD, VHS, Edition 5+1AP, Courtesy of the artist
Installation view - SGHG, 2004 (encaptured curator: Daniela Radeva, Sofia City Art Gallery curator) That poor picture is the only document survived from the show. Such a shame.
П.П
Ето една картина от 2001-а на Самуил Стоянов, която ми е любима. Част от сантимента ми към нея е и факта, че за фигурата й Самуил използва моя снимка.
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