the oppressed human

the oppressed human
wood, wax, stone | title: the oppressed human | Karin Merx 08/09

The oppressed human has everything to do with how I think we are living in our world today. For some reason we need to be moulded into some kind of structure with thoughts and feelings that fit the norm. Whether it are companies, governments or individuals, we have to fit. If we do not fit according to the norm, there are loads of trainers, coaches and other people who are more than willing to tell you. It makes society sick and people depressed and for a vague unknown reason that feeling of depression also demands that same moulding because we do not believe in our own strength anymore.

It's this normalisation of people to fit the society and the loads of coaches and trainers telling us how wrong we are and that we need to change according to their standards that makes me rebellious. I do not want to be moulded and I'm not coachable also. Therefore I made this tight box (society) with a wax human (because that can be moulded as we humans can be) who struggles with the pebbles (force of moulding people) that try to mold the wax until it fits society norms perfectly and there is no resistance anymore.