YK Festival 2014
feature artist

diviNation

7 days : duration performance

diviNation project was organized and supported by the CINEVOLUTION Media and patiently prepared through year-long discussions on Humanity, Art and Technology. 



diviNation project was designed to question the role of the artist in times of permanent change. Situated in between private and public, artist are required to test and verify how technology influences habits, including creativity. 

Ten meters tall diviNation tower was erected at the Minoru Plaza in front of the Richmond Cultural Centre. Tower included fully functional art studio at the top, supplied with live streaming audio & video equipment.



Dangerous Minds (charcoal portraits of my heroes) Jung, Malevich, Tesla, Kandinsky, Hamvas, Nietzsche & Zizek.

video :: opening + performance 

7 days + endurance + performance 

Day 1 // technology

First day started with TECHNOLOGY and electronic malfunctions, tangled and lost connections, incompatible platforms and conflicting standards. Technology proved to be a cruel mistress, asking for everything and giving nothing in return. 

Day 2 // rationality


Second day was dedicated to NORMALITY and I tried to interact with visitors and occasional passerby’s. However,  I soon discovered  the inconvenient truth: Richmond is one of the most lifeless and dispassionate places on the planet Earth, populated with normals.

Day 3 // intellect


Third day was devoted to KNOWLEDGE and this feature allowed me to have fun playing with images and words. Intellectualism allowed me to be cool, distant and indolent. At the end of the day I realized knowledge may be responsible for the current state of affairs. 

Day 4 // disobedience



Midway through the project I employed my ANARCHY persona to test the boundaries of freedom and censorship.  My anarchy motto: “There is nothing to lose, because there is nothing important to keep”. 

Day 5 // philosophy


I truly enjoyed making art in public, hidden away (and yet exposed) at the top of the tower. Nonetheless, I couldn’t produce anything of true value, as I was permanently distracted by the surroundings. So much for philosophy.

Day 6 // tribalism


Devoted to TRIBALISM, day six was an attempt to abandon my own ego and contemplate universal values. Ancient humans understood  their role and position in the Universe and they used divination to navigate through the chaos. Today, we are left only with a chaos, as we abandoned divine nature long time ago. 

Day 7 // spirituality


On Day 7,  I decided to become a digital saint. I deleted my online presence and embraced digital silence.