Man... is a work consisting of sculpture and video that comments on contemporary masculinity, love, the lack thereof, loneliness, and the radicalised beliefs that they can lead men to. Strangely familiar yet gory and repulsive, the metal sculptures each actively constrain a screen with its hooks and sharp tension points. Cold, rigid steel takes the form of creatures with their own agenda and malicious intent. Displayed on a phone, a tablet and a laptop, the video work deals with static, stubborn repetitiveness and misunderstood stoicism. Desensitised and sobbing in self-pity, the work shows the contours of men crackle under external and internal pressure.
Performer: Gustav Marcus Lauesen