The conceptual core of this project resides in the representation of latent tendencies inherent within the human psyche, specifically focusing on the mechanism of subconscious curiosity.

I tried to explor how this primal impulse is operationalized through various acts of voyeurism, eavesdropping, and other intrusive modalities. Within these processes, a profound intersection of psychological opposites occurs, challenging the perceived boundaries between the observer and the observed, the private and the public.

Public space, while objectively a communal phenomenon, is subjectively navigated by individuals who remain encased within their own psychological vacuums. At the same time the contemporary urban subject maintains an intense resistance to any infringement upon their internal sovereignty, yet simultaneously harbors a fervent, often urgent, desire to penetrate the sovereign domain of the “Another”. This photo intervention exposes and dramatizes this internal schism, transforming the city’s surfaces into a theater of mutual, yet contested, surveillance.

Crucially, the intervention was realized in the midst of snap parliamentary elections in Moldova.

This specific temporal alignment synthesized the project with the ongoing political dynamic, elevating it into a critical visual-political discourse.

The work identifies and probes a critical juncture within the epicenter of social dynamics, presenting the public with an urgent demand for critical self-reflection.

By monitoring the reactions and behaviors of the potential electorate, the project unmasks the continuous and pervasive nature of control to which they are subjected.

This strategy does not merely reflect but emphatically underscores the contemporary socio-political climate in the Republic of Moldova.

Through the medium of photographic intervention deployed both within the urban public sphere the project manifests as a series of large-scale photographs.

These monumental images serve to performatively deconstruct the discourse of surveillance, compelling the viewer to confront the gaze of the institution and the reflection of their own voyeuristic desires.

2014

“Black Sea Calling”, Center for Contemporary Art – The Ancient Bath, Art Today Association, Plovdiv (BG)

2013

“Destroying the zero presence” Totaldobže Art Center, Riga (LV)

“Black Sea Calling”, BrotKunsthalle, Vienna (AT)

2010

“Friendly fire, which we won”, public space in the city of Chisinau (MD)

The project was implemented as an interactive intervention in the city’s public space.

Partner of the project:

Socio-Cultural Center “73”, Chisinau, (MD)

Assistant of the project:

Ruxanda Stefanov

Special thanks to:

Anatolie Juraveli