The series captures the feeling of modern dissociation - viewing your own life from a distance, with little emotional investment. The autopilot that runs you throughout the day, creating a safe barrier between yourself and the demanding, over-stimulating outside world. As if viewing life just through your window - I see, but I am not present.
We recognize different places - buildings, bridges, various structures - but none of them matter. They are a backdrop which serves a practical function, their details show up blurry in our memory because they do not matter. Mass-produced objects, such as blockhouses, tend to be inherently impersonal.
Dissociation can be defined as a psychological trauma response, where your mind removes you from an unpleasant environment. But dissociation isn’t exclusive to cases of PTSD, one can find themselves uninvested in their surroundings due to many reasons, such as fatigue or a general sense of nothing feeling real anymore. We view so much of the world from pictures, that life may start feeling like a cut-scene.
Beatrise Kaminska "Logs ar skatu uz daudzstāvieni"
2025
