2026
media object
size: 50х38х25
animation, steel,
plexiglass, feathers
media object
size: 50х38х25
animation, steel,
plexiglass, feathers
RUSTLING ON THE DAIS
series: Beyond the Ark
This work explores the transformation of a symbol through a shift in context. While in the biblical narrative, a dove landing on a floating ship (an unstable platform) signified the attainment of peace, a dove rustling on a solid dais carries an ominous omen. The archetype is inverted: instead of salvation found in instability, we encounter unrest within stability. The chaotic noise of a living creature disrupts the stillness of the dais, becoming a harbinger of impending chaos.
The Beyond the Ark series is the central project of recent years, born from the question: what happens to those who were not saved? The robotic-looking Beasts are the rejected—those who had to recreate themselves in order to continue. Their bodies are assembled from plaster, bones, hides, metal, and polymers—vulnerable remains doomed to decay. But on built-in screens their digital doubles pulse on a loop—like spirits no longer subject to circumstance. At the same time, without electricity, the “inside” of the Beasts disappears, becoming the invisible filling of forms so akin to what we call souls…
Each of the Beasts speaks of inequality in life and universal equality before death, of the irony of chosenness, and of the bitter necessity of evolving when you were not taken onto the ship.
Each of the Beasts speaks of inequality in life and universal equality before death, of the irony of chosenness, and of the bitter necessity of evolving when you were not taken onto the ship.
series:
Beyond the Ark
Beyond the Ark
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the anti-Noah's Ark series
the anti-Noah's Ark series
