Moritz Stumm & Stefan Neuberger

Video Room

What does the exploitation of animals by the police in order to wield their monopoly of violence at the beginning of the 21st century tell us about man's claim to power over nature and the state over its citizens? What parallels can be drawn to human nature, our desires and instincts?

The series Kontrolle addresses the power structure between animals, state power and, implicitly, citizens - in the form of stylised images of training sessions of police service horses and dogs. The focus of the works is on the animals, which calmy, agressively and even at times playfully obey commands. The composition is reminiscent of the iconography of authority of equestrian statues and raises the question of the staging of state power in the present day.