Valérie Wolf Gang's video installation shows the human species as the central creature in reversed roles. Like in a real zoo.
The video installation consists of six screens, which have their backs stuck together and are placed in the central part of the exhibition space. Visitors thus walk in a circle and view all six different recordings, all through a wire fence that surrounds the screens, reminiscent of the one in a zoo. Each clip was created in real time, without editing, and shows the space ("cage") in which the person is located. Each clip has a plaque on the fence with basic information about that human specimen - - what race it is, where it comes from, age, weight and other characteristics - just like in a real zoo.
A series of questions arise during the video installation. Difference between human and animal? Wire as an invisible border that surrounds us? The attitude of a superior person, the attitude towards animals, being trapped in the system... And a series of questions and stories arise only if we follow the video installation with open minds.
