The Center for Creative Industries “Fabrika” presents Alice Kern’s solo show titled “Normalization Operations”, which will take place at the Arthaus space from the 1st to 18th March 2018.
The project “Normalization operations” is a result of a two-year study on the phenomena of “normalization”. This term denotes devices and processes responsible for maintaining order in chaotic systems and resistance to entropy. Such devices and processes exist in any system, but usually remain invisible to its users (or participants). Like any tool, the normalizing mechanism (or process) comes out when special attention is directed to it – which usually happens when breaks down.
Viewers will gain access to a closed area of a surgical block where normalization operations are carried out. The operational zone is characterized by its own artificial environment. For its’ proper functioning, air temperature is monitored, an elevated pressure level is maintained, and a special ventilation system operates to prevent the operating site from hitting enthetic bodies by air. The architecture of the surgical block corresponds to the needs of the entire system’s effective operation. A viewer will get acquainted with all stages of the system’s functioning, and will also be able to experience some of the effects of the operating room running, for example, a sudden immersion into anesthetic sleep.
Curator: Stanislav Shuripa
Project coordinator: Margarita Sokolovskaya
Architect: Zaira Olmezova
Design: Karina Golubenko
The exhibition is supported by the Vladimir Smirnov and Konstantin Sorokin Foundation and the portal ArtTube.
Alice Kern (born in 1988) is an artist from Moscow. She works with sculpture, performance, and installation. Alice Kern graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA Moscow), where she studied in 2014-2016; she participated in the exchange program of the Goldsmiths University of London; attended Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art in 2016, and winner of the 6th contest for Young artists “New projects for Anna Nova gallery” in 2017.
