Until the age of twenty, my subjectivity was constructed within a radically different social model of communication and engagement with reality.

My existential prerogatives, objectives, and methodologies were shaped by the specific socio-political currents of the late Soviet era and the turbulent post-Soviet transition.

This period was marked by the profound impact of the Soviet Union’s collapse and the subsequent emergence of a pervasive, all-encompassing criminalized environment.

Concurrently, my deep immersion in combat sports (specifically kickboxing and Muay Thai) cultivated a specialized lens through which I perceived and navigated the world.

Following “an accident” and resulting severe physical trauma, I underwent a total reconfiguration of my core ontological and personal postulates. This trauma catalyzed a transition to an entirely different level of self-awareness within the world.

The chosen location for “Loneliness of Memory” served as a definitive manifestation of the internal state of a human being incarcerated within their own physical and psychic shell.

The site-specific nature of the project directly referenced the context of my life prior to this “turning point,” while simultaneously inviting the viewer to engage with my deepest interior revelations.

These revelations were inscribed as graffiti upon the walls of a prison cell.

The resulting text meticulously chronicled my internal experiences and the psychic processes that unfolded during a period of profound introspection a search for a “new” self within a reconstructed world-view.

The project was implemented in the form of an interactive installation.

2012

“Invisible Space”, Migrating Art Academies, Bergen County Jail, Bergen (NO)

The project was realized with the support of:
Bergen Academy of Arts, Bergen (NO)
Bergen Municipality Department of Culture, Bergen (NO)

Special thanks to:
Brandon LaBelle