| I am going to do what i am supposed to do |
| Experimental video | dv | color | 2'55'' | Turkey / Netherlands | 2006 |
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© Caner Aslan
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A man climbs a ladder to deliver a bicycle tire to another level. He climbs and climbs and climbs. It is a loop in which we see him climbing the ladder many times in a mood of strength of purpose. Ultimately he gets tired and takes a break on the ladder. And that starts the collapse that he already knows is coming. Tires start to fall and he jumps to his death. The fall of tires has a rhythm and a system. We can feel an absurd system or power that is capable of designing its own collapse. In a world where you are supposed to do something, what is the point of doing anything? Maybe the answer is in Myth of Sisyphus. The world is comprised of the absurd behaviour of a higher fidelity and hopeless labour in which you can find some hope.
Caner Aslan was born in 1981 in Malatya (Central Turkey). He studied graphic design at the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul. He is currently studying at De Ateliers, a residency program for artists in Amsterdam.
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