Dead point of the rope walker ♪ Catalogue to exhibition B. Zagorov
The dead dot is the equilibrium point not only for a rope walker, but for every human being as well. Our lives are governed by past experience, parenting, social regulations.
Art is about constantly overcoming yourself without the right to stop.
We can feel safe by holding on to these points of support, but only by getting rid of them, by giving up the conditions, by subjecting ourselves to free flight, by gaining true freedom, by feeling the power of our own will.
Disc 01A: Interview
Vladimir Zagorov has repeatedly pointed out that the image of a rope walker for him is the brightest and most existentially authentic, because while at risk, the possibility of self-loathing tends to be zero.
The wrong movement — and the fatal fall becomes inevitable. Triumph or defeat. Genesis or non-existence. The path of each individual is a movement from one point to another, a movement that cannot be stopped.
Disc 02A: The sketches
But here, the equilibrist is facing a fatal dichotomy.
A dead point helps to maintain a balance over the abyss — a visional focus in the space on which the artist’s eyes are focused.
Forever to be chained to a dead point, a kind of comfort zone that gives you stability, but doesn’t allow you to perform complicated tricks.
Disc 03A: Images
Or take a step into the void — to go into a new dimension to the previously unaffordable vertices of skill.
The Dead Point is becoming a universal category resonating with the crises of the Earth’s existence.
We can remain in a state of perceived security, holding on to these support points.
However, it is only by abandoning them, leaving them suspended and voluntarily throwing themselves into free flight that we gain true freedom and the strength of our own will.
It’s the point of true freedom.
