Ludovico Technique

A self-portrait series by Ekka Schoch and Francesca Schliephake

A homage to Burgessโ€™s 1962 novel and Kubrickโ€™s screenplay โ€œA Clockwork Orangeโ€ interpreting their concept of uniforms, costuming and masking. This series presents a narrative that delves into the controversy of perversion and artistic expression, glorifying violence with disorienting elegance. It introduces a twist in both storyline and character, exploring the duality at the core of the human construct: the animal versus the moral being, beauty versus unspeakable horror. The Ludovico Technique suggests a tragic attempt to resolve these conflicts, aiming to cure mischievousness by suppressing and denying the less respectable human traits. This approach strives for moral functioning, albeit a deluded and invented purity. In the self-portraits, Ekka Schoch embodies different characters through body language, objects and fashion featuring unusual designs and artists.

Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch
Photo by Ekka Schoch