Memories of the Future, or Beyond the Shadows of Empires The Republic of Moldova, as a country with a rich history of conquests, the influence of various empires, and a crossroads of cultures, has...
Memories of the Future, or Beyond the Shadows of Empires The Republic of Moldova, as a country with a rich history of conquests, the influence of various empires, and a crossroads of cultures, has...
The Republic of Moldova, as a country with a rich history of conquests, the influence of various empires, and a crossroads of cultures, has gone through processes of external and internal...
Today the cultural situation that has taken shape in Latvia is different from the situation that was developing on the European area, despite the fact that it is part of the European area. Considering...
Today’s society, as an all-encompassing social system, is constituted with the distinction itself from the surrounding world to which concerns the system of consciousness. By restricting ourselves...
Over the centuries, many controversial events have been associated with the territory of the Schwanhof tobacco factory. The global paradigm was changing, the content forming the atmosphere of this...
This exhibition is not simply a collection of archival data and visual images, but an attempt to navigate the labyrinth of human memory, where personal tragedies intertwine with global tectonic shifts...
The project “the planet 69” investigates the events in the life of Armenian and Japanese societies. ...
Since 2015, my life in Germany has been a phenomenon shaped by centuries of historical interaction within this geopolitical space. As a bearer of a different cultural code, I find German identity...
At the beginning of 2018, I started working in a studio located inside the old “Schwanhof” tobacco factory. During the Second World War, this factory served as a “labor camp”...
The centuries-old, multicolored matter of which society is composed has a heterogeneous character, both in texture and in composition. In turn, the state, as an anatomical set of internal organs that...
Born in the late USSR, I experienced the rise of nationalism, becoming a “stranger” in my own birthplace. My identity evolved into a paradox: an “occupier” in Moldova and a...
During the Soviet present, each separate republic was part of a general socialist system. Inside (without taking into account the price that had to pay for it) there was a relatively prosperous vacuum...
Today, my mind holds more questions than answers. Beyond the enumeration of techniques and recurring themes, I have arrived at a singular, vital realization: any artificially imposed boundary whether...
On 21 November 2013 the roof of a Maxima shopping centre in the Zolitūde neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia, collapsed at 17:44 local time, resulting in the deaths of 54 people, including three rescue...
The multiculturalism policies proclaimed by numerous European states experienced a systemic collapse. Not only in Norway, but throughout Europe, nationalist movements emerged and, following the 2008...
This research explores life’s teleology through the dual categories of Space and Time, validated by the body’s displacement. Centered on the Jewish cemetery in Reggio Emilia—a...
The project “WHY?” investigates the pervasive drive among Moldovan citizens to permanently abandon their homeland. Through dialogues in the village of Palanca, I paralleled my own...
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...
Anthropologist Robert Dunbar identified 150 as the optimal number of stable human social ties, a limit that persists even in the digital age. However, this project explores how internet technologies...
At one point, we all dispersed in different directions, seeking to define our national identities through their unique similarities and differences. However, we soon found ourselves held hostage by a...
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite.” ...
The project “One Evening” is a spatial exploration of the archaeology of dogma. It centers on the Last Supper, Jesus Christ’s final evening with his disciples, viewed not as a...
This project is a spatial exploration of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, focusing on the fundamental interaction between space, time, and a body moving within that space. The project...
Project by Alexandru Raevschi and Hidemi Nishida A deep critical analysis of reality reveals surprising circumstances rooted in our ancestral history. During a discussion on trauma and armed...
The policy of multiculturalism in Europe is facing a systemic collapse, fueled by the post-2008 rise of nationalist movements. Economic instability has emboldened opponents of integration, as...
3 years, 4 months, 26 days, 9 hours and 10 seconds (The statistical average tenure of each Chancellor—specifically, the period of time one of the 29 Chancellors held power over a span of 100 years. ...
In the twenty-first century, the twentieth-century belief in globalization and neoliberal exclusivity is dissolving. Germany’s long-standing stability is shifting as its economic, political, and...
This first-person documentary explores the tension between Soviet ideological unity and the subsequent disintegration of the USSR, which fractured communications across former republics. This systemic...
Immersed in the atmosphere of the city of Bukhara, one is certainly not left indifferent by its cultural and historical heritage. However, I tried to communicate extensively with the people around me...
The genesis of this project lay in a period of artistic research conducted in Linz, Austria (2012), which focused on the study of territorial specificities. During this observation, a critical focal...
The concepts of luminescence, positive energy, and radiant holiness are perhaps the primary associations that emerge when reflecting upon the notion of “Aura.” In its traditional sense...
The project narrates the current situation inside Moldovan society. To understand the source of the problem, one must recall that the Moldovan Republic was a part of the USSR and was one of the most...
This project is the author’s internal reflection on the ongoing events in the Republic of Moldova. The subject explores the complex relations between the official authorities based in Chisinau...
At the current stage of the contemporary paradigm, the human essence has undergone significant changes, both in outward appearance and internal nature. In turn, this is reflected in those...
Sometimes, we believe that the meaning and total value of choice arise from the socio-political foundations of the context in which our relationships operate and evolve (and this does not necessarily...
While the organizers and participants of Documenta 15 attempted to construct a utopian world within exhibition halls, ignoring the din of war, I sought to capture the juxtaposition of these...
The final act in this performative triptych was the construction of a dialogue with the viewer on the subject of democratic hegemony. At the time humanity existed within a paradigm where...
It is no secret to anyone that throughout different historical periods of human civilization, there have always been similar or conflicting ideological and social trends, to which different...
The events that unfolded against the backdrop of the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan have elevated the tensions between these countries to a completely new level within the international...
Today’s contemporary paradigm increasingly erased national borders and, consequently, the unique cultural idiosyncrasies of individual nations. This created a widening ontological gap between...
The interactive project “Moldavians Everywhere” is a large-scale performative intervention within the public sphere, where the monumental architecture of government buildings serves as a...
Society is a complex organism where the state functions as vital anatomy. Erasing historical memory or marginalizing ethnic groups is akin to organ amputation, leading to systemic self-destruction and...
The painting project “One of 430,000 Atmospheres” investigates the frontier of contemporary space exploration, specifically focusing on the 2023–2026 epoch. This period has yielded...
It so happened that while buying a box with a family photo archive from the 40s in a store, I accidentally found a few letters written in the 90s. These letters were written by a woman undergoing...
This work responds to the 2014 annexation of Crimea, triggered by Ukraine’s Maidan revolution and the subsequent collapse of the Yanukovych government. Russia seized the peninsula by force, a move...
This work examines how war and propaganda fracture reality amid the escalating conflict in Ukraine. Using paintings, the project employs a pixel grid metaphor to illustrate the transformation of...
Since 2021, the situation around Ukraine became increasingly tense and explosive, leading to an all-out war with numerous casualties among both military and civilians. In exploring the emerging...
“May I stand on the grass?” These were the first words of a little boy who emerged from the air raid shelter at the Azovstal factory in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Since 2021, the...
A fragment of the painting triptych “Coordinates of Grief” analyzes the situation that arose after the 1988 earthquake in the city of Gyumri (formerly Leninokan). 2015 2m by 1.5m...
A fragment of the painting triptych “Coordinates of Grief” analyzes the situation that arose after the 1988 earthquake in the city of Gyumri (formerly Leninokan). 2015 2m by 1.5m...
A fragment of the painting triptych “Coordinates of Grief” analyzes the situation that arose after the 1988 earthquake in the city of Gyumri (formerly Leninokan). 2015 2m by 1.5m...
Living in Gyumri (formerly Leninakan), Armenia — a city that was almost completely destroyed in 1988 by one of the most powerful earthquakes of the 20th century — I was profoundly shaken not only by...
Being part of the artistic process, it is hard for me not to notice the huge number of random people in the art world. This applies not only to the so-called curators, critics, journalists...
In this performative action, I wanted to emphasize the existence of individual freedom within the public space of a single individuality. By means of blocking a pedestrian zone in the old town of...
Throughout various historical eras, the remains of the Roman fortifications in Regensburg have served not only as a defense for the city but also as a profound testament to its rich past. This project...
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...
The interactive performative intervention “MADE IN” operates through the strategic deconstruction of one of the most potent ideological artifacts of the 20th century: the front page of the...