AGGRESSION This Video-Composition includes 24 videos / 24 artists / 24 countries : 47 min

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AGRESSION

24 videos - 43 min - 2011

VIOLENCE - Evgenija Demnievska (Serbia - 1)

IN MEMORY OF A 15-YEAR OLD BOY - Vouvoula Skoura (Greece - 2)

AGGRESSO - Luzia Simons (Brazil - 3)

LA COCINA - Viviana Berco (Argentina - 4)

X ON THE SHORE - Hiroko Okada (Japan - 5)

YO, CAROLINA - Sara Malinarich (Chile - 6)

SILENCE - Evelin Stermitz (Austria - 7)

SCREAM - Ingrida Picukane (Latvia - 8)

IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY - Sabine Mooibroek (Netherlands - 9)

DEAD LETTERS - Véronique Sapin (France / Canada - 10)

DEMOCRACY? - Maria Rosa Jijon (Ecuador - 11)

AGONIE - Tayeba Begum Lipi (Bangladesh - 12)

DOMESTICA - Amaranta Sanchez (Mexico - 13)

JUNE’S LACE #1 - Eva Koch (Denmark - 14)

ANGER WRESTLES ANGER - C. M. Judge, (USA - 15)

BITE - Alessandra Arno (Italy - 16)

PLENTY TO INSPECT - Tanja Koistila (Finland - 17)

EXORCISM OF THE AGGRESSION - Maria Dominguez Alba (Spain - 18)

FABLE - Ana Grobler (Slovenia - 19)

WATCH LA GAME - Élaine Frigon (Quebec, Canada - 20)

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - Alena Kupcikova (Czech Republic - 21)

TRAVERSALS - Seema Nusrat (Pakistan - 22)

IMPLOSION - Mesrure Melis Bilgin (Turkey - 23)

SELF CELL AGGRESSION - Anna Titovets (Russia - 24)

CONCEPT

Violence seems to be spreading throughout all private and public spaces, from incivility to new hybrid wars, including femicides. What can art do in the face of the violence of the world? What does it have to say? Driven by these questions, artists create works like so many nested concentric circles that lead us into the abyss of what we call the human "soul." Thus, the boundaries between the human and the inhuman blur in works such as those by Goya, Géricault, and Delacroix.

While violence has always been widely represented in the work of artists, Contemporary Art has broken away from positive attitudes toward it (mythologized representation of violent narratives, theatrical sublimation, gestural fervor, etc.). The artists of FL'Art invite us on a journey to the heart of the world's violence in order to reclaim a part of what it is gradually stripping us of. Their videos explore a range of questions, from intimate confrontation, both physical and psychological, to state violence and interpersonal relationships. They explore the many faces of aggression, highlighting the complex connections that unite individuals, societies, and systems of power. By choosing to address this theme, the artists assume a vital role: they invite us to step out of our comfort zone, to confront our fears and prejudices. They remind us that violence is a multifaceted reality that concerns us all.

1- Individuals: Targets and Witnesses

Violence is not something that can be swept under the rug. It creeps, it creeps, it infests.

Toni Morrison (1931-2019) - Writer, literary critic, professor of literature, and publishing director

Private Hell

Current events regularly remind us that women are the prime targets of assault, whether physical, psychological, or symbolic. Violence insinuates itself into the most intimate spheres of daily life, often hidden behind walls of silence and shame. Domestic violence is a scourge that crosses geographic, cultural, and social boundaries and affects millions of people. It reflects societies where power and domination continue to structure interpersonal relationships. Beyond the chilling figures and statistics, the artists bear witness, question, provoke, and invite collective introspection. The videos reveal the invisible, revealing some of the mechanisms of domination, control, and manipulation that characterize abusive relationships. Some attempt to capture the very essence of the violence suffered by women, while other videos also reveal their resilience. All of them question our ability to see, hear, and act. They remind us that domestic violence is not inevitable, but the product of social and cultural structures that can be transformed.

VIOLENCE - Evgenija Demnievska (Serbia - 01)

AGGRESSO - Luzia Simons (Brazil - 3)

LA COCINA - Viviana Berco (Argentina - 4)

SILENCE - Evelin Stermitz (Austria - 7)

SCREAM - Ingrida Picukane (Latvia - 8)

DOMESTICA - Amaranta Sanchez (Mexico - 13)

PLENTY TO INSPECT - Tanja Koistila (Finland - 17)

EXORCISM OF THE AGGRESSION - Maria Dominguez Alba (Spain - 18)

Inner Abyss

Aggression is not limited to physical violence. It can also lurk in the recesses of the mind, in the form of toxic and devaluing thoughts that erode self-esteem and hinder personal growth. It manifests itself through isolation, social withdrawal, or psychological disorders such as anxiety and self-harm. The video works explore the depths of the human soul, revealing the invisible wounds that mark individuals when violence is unleashed not against an external enemy, but rather turns against the self. They explore its most blatant manifestations and its most insidious forms.

YO, CAROLINA - Sara Malinarich (Chile - 6)

TRAVERSALS - Seema Nusrat (Pakistan - 22)

IMPLOSION - Mesrure Melis Bilgin (Turkey - 23)

SELF CELL AGGRESSION - Anna Titovets (Russia - 24)

Terrain of Conflict

The works delve into the complex and often tumultuous dynamics that govern interactions between individuals, highlighting power struggles, rivalries, toxic relationships, and hostility.

X ON THE SHORE - Hiroko Okada (Japan - 5)

ANGER WRESTLES ANGER - C. M. Judge, (USA - 15)

FABLE - Ana Grobler (Slovenia - 19)

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - Alena Kupcikova (Czech Republic - 21)

2 - Echoes of Society

The only thing totalitarian rule cannot do without is the constant suppression of everyone's right to defend themselves or to speak out.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) - Philosopher, Political Theorist

Injustice, Endemic Evil

Aggression can also take on a social dimension and manifest itself through dramatic economic choices as well as acts of discrimination or exclusion. The works created under this theme denounce the social injustices and inequalities that characterize our contemporary societies.

IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY - Sabine Mooibroek (Netherlands - 9)

DEAD LETTERS - Véronique Sapin (France / Canada - 10)

AGONIE - Tayeba Begum Lipi (Bangladesh - 12)

JUNE’S LACE #1 - Eva Koch (Denmark - 14)

BITE - Alessandra Arno (Italy - 16)

WATCH LA GAME - Élaine Frigon (Quebec, Canada - 20)

State Violence, a Historical Constant

State violence, a concept as old as the earliest forms of organized power, is not limited to acts of physical repression, blatant abuses of power, or insidious institutional violence. It insinuates itself into the very structures of our political, economic, and social systems, creating profound inequalities and exclusions, shaping our lives and our imaginations.

The depiction of state violence is nothing new in the history of art; works since Antiquity have addressed this theme. Contemporary art has taken the liberty of deconstructing, subverting, and multiplying it. The artists in the collective invite us to a sensory experience that goes beyond the simple representation of state violence.

IN MEMORY OF A 15-YEAR OLD BOY - Vouvoula Skoura (Greece - 2)

DEMOCRACY? - Maria Rosa Jijon (Ecuador - 11)