Visibility is a trap
The idea of this project is to create a never ending paradox. The statements of the posters are in a direct opposition to the video presented right next to these sentences. Pro- and anti-capitalist statements are mixed together and create a fusion dealing with topics such as shaming, visibility on social networks and censorship. The name of the project “Visibility is a trap” is a sentence quoted from the book “Discipline and Punish” by Michel Foucault. The project is open towards multiple interpretations and is not finite. The posters presented will be for sale on multiple websites allowing the paradoxical statements to grow even further.
Klara Kusa’s creative approach is based on the critique of artistic (hyper)production of artefacts as one of the main premises of the neoliberal, free market that are also implemented in the world of art. In her artistic practice, she therefore applies an experimental approach that relies on the tools and strategies of (post)conceptual art, in this project dealing with the concept of absurdity and the contradictions of social reality. We are fighting against capitalism, at the same time supporting and using that same system to express our views and opinions, which, if they become too dangerous, are censored. Escape is only an illusion; it is impossible without a complete break from such a comprehensive system that mercilessly grabs every segment of our lives.
Sara Mikelić
Outside, Tyrsovo nabrezie (left): A poster wall, wooden plates, swing construction, 2x2metres, posters with various designs, spray paint, QR code in the middle letting the people that walk around the area to see the video explaining the project. Exhibition view, T3 – kulturny prostriedok, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2022
Inside the T3 tram (right): site specific installation including materials like tape, pieces of destroyed posters, green screen, video is projected on green screen fabric on loop via projector
Exhibition view, T3 – kulturny prostriedok, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2022
The video includes text, sound and visuals by Klara Kusa
3 min, 35 s, 2022
Performance during the opening in Garaza Kamba
The performance during the opening of the exhibition Visibility is a trap in Zagreb consisted
of cutting the textiles that created the installation in Garaza Kamba, tearing various posters, climbing the tree that was located on site and putting the pieces of the posters in between
the empty spaces in the trunk of a tree to emphasize the contradiction between the system and antisystem.
Performance, Garaza Kamba, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024
Photography credit: Josip Bolonić
