"Metaphors hidden in the artist's works unfold the problematic issues of dictatorship, ideology, and propaganda. The autonomous life of objects, packed into a total installation, leaves the viewer the space to interpret them. It's like a chessboard where, on the side of the white pieces, instead of a king, there's an empty space, with all the other players being queens, while on the side of the black pieces, there are only pawns. As is known, queens can move and capture pieces as they please, while a pawn can only move one step at a time. Is it perhaps optimal for the black pieces not to make any moves at all? Or can they develop their own rules of the game?
Some works, such as the "Zaepanda" mask, which is the size of a human head and was created long before the pandemic, carry the same liberating potential of anonymity, which can be considered a privilege in the era of total biopolitics. The inability to hear and speak in the "Zaepanda" mask is also a reconstruction of a neutral political position, an internal emigration in an attempt to avoid difficult topics.
"The Future Human" is another allusion to a world transformed by technology, where the speech apparatus is reduced, and communication between people is reduced to mental interaction in the forthcoming post-Internet era."
Yana Gaponenko, curator
Metaphors hidden in the artist's works unfold the problematic issues of dictatorship, ideology, and propaganda. The autonomous life of objects, packed into a total installation, leaves the viewer the space to interpret them. It's like a chessboard where, on the side of the white pieces, instead of a king, there's an empty space, with all the other players being queens, while on the side of the black pieces, there are only pawns. As is known, queens can move and capture pieces as they please, while a pawn can only move one step at a time. Is it perhaps optimal for the black pieces not to make any moves at all? Or can they develop their own rules of the game?
Some works, such as the "Zaepanda" mask, which is the size of a human head and was created long before the pandemic, carry the same liberating potential of anonymity, which can be considered a privilege in the era of total biopolitics. The inability to hear and speak in the "Zaepanda" mask is also a reconstruction of a neutral political position, an internal emigration in an attempt to avoid difficult topics.
"The Future Human" is another allusion to a world transformed by technology, where the speech apparatus is reduced, and communication between people is reduced to mental interaction in the forthcoming post-Internet era.