UNIDENTIFIZIERTE UNFLUGOBJEKTE (UUO)

Bureaucracy of the unknown. How can you identify something as an unidentifiable object, and hav­ing done so, can you put all such objects in order while keeping them unidentified? Probably, you can create an exhaustive list of all possible traits, features, and measurements, thereby developing an intricate system of neatly interconnected parts where every item can find its own corresponding place. Thus, channeling knowledge in a narrow, instrumental way, you can construct an entire universe that would be perfectly manageable and controllable. The question is, for how long can you live in this universe? However permanent and stable such an order may seem, it may eventually crumble when reality outside of the system creeps in, growing like organic matter through all the boundaries that you have created. You may not even notice anything until one day the world around you starts seeming alien to you.

Sasha Svirsky (photo © Nadya Svirskaia) photos © Sasha Svirsky