"Gaia", 2021
Photo print, 2 pcs Lightbox
Commissioned by YARAT
"Gaia' magnifies small details of natural objects that we interact with on a daily basis, but overlook in the fast-paced globalized world, in the form of nano art pieces. The artist invites us to take a second look at the environment that surrounds us and see beyond the surface - the insisible and magical nano life. The work takes its title from refers the "hypothesis of Gaia", from which the mythelogical name of the goddess of Earth was taken, proposed by a group of scientists According to the hypothesis, the Earth is a superorganism with self-regulatory functions in which live organisms and the inorganic world are in dynamics to maintain the Earth's environment.
Photo print, 2 pcs Lightbox
Commissioned by YARAT
"Gaia' magnifies small details of natural objects that we interact with on a daily basis, but overlook in the fast-paced globalized world, in the form of nano art pieces. The artist invites us to take a second look at the environment that surrounds us and see beyond the surface - the insisible and magical nano life. The work takes its title from refers the "hypothesis of Gaia", from which the mythelogical name of the goddess of Earth was taken, proposed by a group of scientists According to the hypothesis, the Earth is a superorganism with self-regulatory functions in which live organisms and the inorganic world are in dynamics to maintain the Earth's environment.
"Do not run! This is only a mirage you see..."
brings together works by a group of artists examining different approaches to an elusive reality.
The exhibition's core reference is connected to the allegory of the cave developed by the Greek philosopher Plato, in which a group of people are chained to the wall of a cave and can only see projections of the shadows of objects passing by in the light of the fire behind them. For "the prisoners of the shadows", this version of reality is the only true and accurate representation of it. Much like in the symbolism of this story, where people are trapped in only one way of perception - seeing mirages of superficial truth and perceiving the shadows as their reality - the group show proposes a statement to see beyond: is the truth that we see as intangible and dark as shadows, or there is another layer to it?
The group show explores both individual and collective perceptions of the erratic nature of reality through the lenses of different approaches, narratives and reflections of the artists. They consider recent shifting in both global and local society, which triggered a "disorienting dilemma" on a collective level.
The exhibition space represents a state of dreaminess and fantasy, which is also as elusive as reality itself, and aims to create a space where the line between illusion and real blurs. Are we aware and capable of acknowledging the blurry line between the perception of delusion and real, visible and invisible? What if human perception is a shadow or a metaphor of a bad dream; where is a source of light in the shadows of this reality?
The metaphor to this source of light is the Sun, which is in fact the absolute source of reflective reality itself. Plato likens the source of natural light to the idea of goodness, where the mind without hope for good is like sight without light. In the same manner, the artists attempt to shed a glimpse of light and challenge such themes as dreams, memory and illusions, shadow and light, truth and the perception of it, fear and hope, visible and hidden, cycles and movements, neglected narratives and superficiality.
'The exhibition's title "Do not run! This is only a mirage you see..." is adapted from an excerpt of Nizami Ganjavi's poetry and inspired by the phenomenon "Fata Morgana", which is a form of mirage that rapidly changes its image, resembling a glitch in the horizon, and can be seen both on sea and land, often appearing as a magical castle.
brings together works by a group of artists examining different approaches to an elusive reality.
The exhibition's core reference is connected to the allegory of the cave developed by the Greek philosopher Plato, in which a group of people are chained to the wall of a cave and can only see projections of the shadows of objects passing by in the light of the fire behind them. For "the prisoners of the shadows", this version of reality is the only true and accurate representation of it. Much like in the symbolism of this story, where people are trapped in only one way of perception - seeing mirages of superficial truth and perceiving the shadows as their reality - the group show proposes a statement to see beyond: is the truth that we see as intangible and dark as shadows, or there is another layer to it?
The group show explores both individual and collective perceptions of the erratic nature of reality through the lenses of different approaches, narratives and reflections of the artists. They consider recent shifting in both global and local society, which triggered a "disorienting dilemma" on a collective level.
The exhibition space represents a state of dreaminess and fantasy, which is also as elusive as reality itself, and aims to create a space where the line between illusion and real blurs. Are we aware and capable of acknowledging the blurry line between the perception of delusion and real, visible and invisible? What if human perception is a shadow or a metaphor of a bad dream; where is a source of light in the shadows of this reality?
The metaphor to this source of light is the Sun, which is in fact the absolute source of reflective reality itself. Plato likens the source of natural light to the idea of goodness, where the mind without hope for good is like sight without light. In the same manner, the artists attempt to shed a glimpse of light and challenge such themes as dreams, memory and illusions, shadow and light, truth and the perception of it, fear and hope, visible and hidden, cycles and movements, neglected narratives and superficiality.
'The exhibition's title "Do not run! This is only a mirage you see..." is adapted from an excerpt of Nizami Ganjavi's poetry and inspired by the phenomenon "Fata Morgana", which is a form of mirage that rapidly changes its image, resembling a glitch in the horizon, and can be seen both on sea and land, often appearing as a magical castle.
