EXHIBITION PROJECT CHRYSALIS MAG + ZERNO
♥ 46 Nezavisimosti Ave. · Zerno Café ♥ August 3 - October 2020 ♥ 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, Monday - Sunday
♥ 46 Nezavisimosti Ave. · Zerno Café ♥ August 3 - October 2020 ♥ 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, Monday - Sunday
♥ 46 Nezavisimosti Ave. · Zerno Café
♥ August 3 - October 2020
♥ 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, Monday - Sunday
♥ 46 Nezavisimosti Ave. · Zerno Café
♥ August 3 - October 2020
♥ 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, Monday - Sunday
“ZERNO” is an exhibition about the growth of collective self-awareness*, curated by the team of the online magazine on contemporary Belarusian art, Chrysalis Mag.
*Self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon: a person’s awareness of themselves as a subject of activity, through which one’s ideas about oneself are formed into a mental “self-image.”
We invited seven artists from Minsk to create works on the theme of collective self-awareness — to rethink the “image of We,” which is becoming increasingly defined in the consciousness of Belarusians day by day. We aim to explore how a collective culture is formed within a single generation, to show where it began and how it grew, and how this process is reflected in today’s realities.
In our view, analyzing and rethinking the events and phenomena that have driven our transformations and shaped our sense of “Belarusianness” may, in the future, help us feel part of a unified whole. After all, self-awareness is not an innate given, but a product of development.
“ZERNO” is an exhibition about the growth of collective self-awareness*, curated by the team of the online magazine on contemporary Belarusian art, Chrysalis Mag.
*Self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon: a person’s awareness of themselves as a subject of activity, through which one’s ideas about oneself are formed into a mental “self-image.”
We invited seven artists from Minsk to create works on the theme of collective self-awareness — to rethink the “image of We,” which is becoming increasingly defined in the consciousness of Belarusians day by day. We aim to explore how a collective culture is formed within a single generation, to show where it began and how it grew, and how this process is reflected in today’s realities.
In our view, analyzing and rethinking the events and phenomena that have driven our transformations and shaped our sense of “Belarusianness” may, in the future, help us feel part of a unified whole. After all, self-awareness is not an innate given, but a product of development.
“ZERNO” is an exhibition about the growth of collective self-awareness*, curated by the team of the online magazine on contemporary Belarusian art, Chrysalis Mag.
*Self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon: a person’s awareness of themselves as a subject of activity, through which one’s ideas about oneself are formed into a mental “self-image.”
We invited seven artists from Minsk to create works on the theme of collective self-awareness — to rethink the “image of We,” which is becoming increasingly defined in the consciousness of Belarusians day by day. We aim to explore how a collective culture is formed within a single generation, to show where it began and how it grew, and how this process is reflected in today’s realities.
In our view, analyzing and rethinking the events and phenomena that have driven our transformations and shaped our sense of “Belarusianness” may, in the future, help us feel part of a unified whole. After all, self-awareness is not an innate given, but a product of development.
“ZERNO” is an exhibition about the growth of collective self-awareness*, curated by the team of the online magazine on contemporary Belarusian art, Chrysalis Mag.
*Self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon: a person’s awareness of themselves as a subject of activity, through which one’s ideas about oneself are formed into a mental “self-image.”
We invited seven artists from Minsk to create works on the theme of collective self-awareness — to rethink the “image of We,” which is becoming increasingly defined in the consciousness of Belarusians day by day. We aim to explore how a collective culture is formed within a single generation, to show where it began and how it grew, and how this process is reflected in today’s realities.
In our view, analyzing and rethinking the events and phenomena that have driven our transformations and shaped our sense of “Belarusianness” may, in the future, help us feel part of a unified whole. After all, self-awareness is not an innate given, but a product of development.
“ZERNO” is an exhibition about the growth of collective self-awareness*, curated by the team of the online magazine on contemporary Belarusian art, Chrysalis Mag.
*Self-awareness is a psychological phenomenon: a person’s awareness of themselves as a subject of activity, through which one’s ideas about oneself are formed into a mental “self-image.”
We invited seven artists from Minsk to create works on the theme of collective self-awareness — to rethink the “image of We,” which is becoming increasingly defined in the consciousness of Belarusians day by day. We aim to explore how a collective culture is formed within a single generation, to show where it began and how it grew, and how this process is reflected in today’s realities.
In our view, analyzing and rethinking the events and phenomena that have driven our transformations and shaped our sense of “Belarusianness” may, in the future, help us feel part of a unified whole. After all, self-awareness is not an innate given, but a product of development.
The concept was shaped by an unprecedented surge of interest and engagement in the life of one’s country, driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic and heightened political activity. This topic feels especially important, compelling, and worthy of dedicated discussion.
We may not always be aware of it in moments of calm, when nothing seems to foreshadow trouble, but in times of crisis and tension a clear realization emerges: we are one Belarusian people.
We believe that art is the best history textbook (a mirror of life) and that no one can speak about what is happening with greater honesty and openness than artists. In their works, they explore different aspects of how a sense of unity affects the human mind, seeking to help us all feel the points of departure and emerging tendencies, and to view the subject from multiple perspectives.
The nuances of physicality during a difficult period of quarantine, choice and fear, prohibitions and permissions, the ability to perceive beauty in the present moment, and even touches of surreal dreams — we hope this exhibition will give you plenty to discuss over a cup of coffee after your visit.
With respect, The Chrysalis Mag Team
The concept was shaped by an unprecedented surge of interest and engagement in the life of one’s country, driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic and heightened political activity. This topic feels especially important, compelling, and worthy of dedicated discussion.
We may not always be aware of it in moments of calm, when nothing seems to foreshadow trouble, but in times of crisis and tension a clear realization emerges: we are one Belarusian people.
We believe that art is the best history textbook (a mirror of life) and that no one can speak about what is happening with greater honesty and openness than artists. In their works, they explore different aspects of how a sense of unity affects the human mind, seeking to help us all feel the points of departure and emerging tendencies, and to view the subject from multiple perspectives.
The nuances of physicality during a difficult period of quarantine, choice and fear, prohibitions and permissions, the ability to perceive beauty in the present moment, and even touches of surreal dreams — we hope this exhibition will give you plenty to discuss over a cup of coffee after your visit.
With respect, The Chrysalis Mag Team
The concept was shaped by an unprecedented surge of interest and engagement in the life of one’s country, driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic and heightened political activity. This topic feels especially important, compelling, and worthy of dedicated discussion.
We may not always be aware of it in moments of calm, when nothing seems to foreshadow trouble, but in times of crisis and tension a clear realization emerges: we are one Belarusian people.
We believe that art is the best history textbook (a mirror of life) and that no one can speak about what is happening with greater honesty and openness than artists. In their works, they explore different aspects of how a sense of unity affects the human mind, seeking to help us all feel the points of departure and emerging tendencies, and to view the subject from multiple perspectives.
The nuances of physicality during a difficult period of quarantine, choice and fear, prohibitions and permissions, the ability to perceive beauty in the present moment, and even touches of surreal dreams — we hope this exhibition will give you plenty to discuss over a cup of coffee after your visit.
With respect, The Chrysalis Mag Team
The concept was shaped by an unprecedented surge of interest and engagement in the life of one’s country, driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic and heightened political activity. This topic feels especially important, compelling, and worthy of dedicated discussion.
We may not always be aware of it in moments of calm, when nothing seems to foreshadow trouble, but in times of crisis and tension a clear realization emerges: we are one Belarusian people.
We believe that art is the best history textbook (a mirror of life) and that no one can speak about what is happening with greater honesty and openness than artists. In their works, they explore different aspects of how a sense of unity affects the human mind, seeking to help us all feel the points of departure and emerging tendencies, and to view the subject from multiple perspectives.
The nuances of physicality during a difficult period of quarantine, choice and fear, prohibitions and permissions, the ability to perceive beauty in the present moment, and even touches of surreal dreams — we hope this exhibition will give you plenty to discuss over a cup of coffee after your visit.
With respect, The Chrysalis Mag Team
The concept was shaped by an unprecedented surge of interest and engagement in the life of one’s country, driven by the global COVID-19 pandemic and heightened political activity. This topic feels especially important, compelling, and worthy of dedicated discussion.
We may not always be aware of it in moments of calm, when nothing seems to foreshadow trouble, but in times of crisis and tension a clear realization emerges: we are one Belarusian people.
We believe that art is the best history textbook (a mirror of life) and that no one can speak about what is happening with greater honesty and openness than artists. In their works, they explore different aspects of how a sense of unity affects the human mind, seeking to help us all feel the points of departure and emerging tendencies, and to view the subject from multiple perspectives.
The nuances of physicality during a difficult period of quarantine, choice and fear, prohibitions and permissions, the ability to perceive beauty in the present moment, and even touches of surreal dreams — we hope this exhibition will give you plenty to discuss over a cup of coffee after your visit.
With respect, The Chrysalis Mag Team
Alexander
Adamov
Alexander is not only an artist, but also a cultural manager and art historian. In addition to his already recognizable objects, he creates stage design for productions by Belarusian theater directors. He is deeply interested in the study of the philosophy of art.
He works across a wide range of media, from installations and painting to video and performance. On Alexander’s Instagram, it is especially compelling to find his responses to current events in Belarusian life.
Site / Instagram / Chrysalis Mag
“Caution: Slippery”
Installation / 2020
A warning sign on the surface of the floor becomes a way to call into question the path you are about to take.
Before us unfolds an agenda that is constantly renewing and growing more complex, immediately demanding that we form an attitude toward it. Vigilance, reflexivity, attentiveness, responsibility, and composure are the key qualities required to move along this path. One can no longer drift; to slip is dangerous — it is necessary to stand firmly on one’s feet.
Alexander
Adamov
Alexander is not only an artist, but also a cultural manager and art historian. In addition to his already recognizable objects, he creates stage design for productions by Belarusian theater directors. He is deeply interested in the study of the philosophy of art.
He works across a wide range of media, from installations and painting to video and performance. On Alexander’s Instagram, it is especially compelling to find his responses to current events in Belarusian life.
Site / Instagram / Chrysalis Mag
“Caution: Slippery”
Installation / 2020
A warning sign on the surface of the floor becomes a way to call into question the path you are about to take.
Before us unfolds an agenda that is constantly renewing and growing more complex, immediately demanding that we form an attitude toward it. Vigilance, reflexivity, attentiveness, responsibility, and composure are the key qualities required to move along this path. One can no longer drift; to slip is dangerous — it is necessary to stand firmly on one’s feet.
Anna
Berezko
Anna graduated from Belarusian State University with a degree in Communication Design. She is the founder of the project pilotdetoxbrand, which brings together art, the environment, technology, and the human being, serving as a space for revealing this multifaceted experience through immersion in virtual reality.
The themes Anna explores in her practice include the Anthropocene, the disruption of the relationship between humans and nature, and the ecological crisis.
“Still Life 01”
Photocollage, print on PVC / 59.4 × 42 cm / 2020
“Still Life 02”
Photocollage, print on PVC / 59.4 × 42 cm / 2020
“Still Life 03”
Photocollage, print on PVC / 59.4 × 42 cm / 2020
The exhibition presents a series of still lifes that emerged as a record of objective reality and the random objects within it, captured during a time of lockdown and blurred perspectives.
Roma
Kaminsky
Roma works with painting and installation. He studied at an architectural and construction college in Mogilev and later at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, specializing in Contemporary Art. His background also includes numerous solo and group exhibitions.
In his practice, Roma often turns to abstract images that are immediately recognizable to “our” people: courtyards, panel apartment blocks, stairwells, and everyday life. At the same time, the emotional tone of his works tends to be positive. If you need a quick reference point, one of Roma’s best-known works is “A Woman with a Gray Hand Smoking in a Rapeseed Field,” which at one point became the visual calling card of the bar SVOBODY.4.
“I Love People”
Mixed media / 50 × 70 cm / 2020
“Я люблю людзей
Калі хтосьці чагосьці ад мяне хоча,
Калі хтосьці мяне дастаць спрабуе,
Хай ён лепш пра сябе пахлопоча —
Магчыма, ён усміхаецца ў апошні раз.
Мне ўсё роўна, што ён там уяўляе,
Пужае мяне, страху нагоніць хоча.
Яго ўсяго-наўсяго тры словы чакаюць:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў на х!»**
Хтосьці лічыць сябе разумней за іншых.
Разумнік, што ж тут скажаш?
Цікава, што ж ён будзе рабіць без іх,
Як і з каго ён будзе здзекавацца?
Ох, ненавіджу такіх, як ён —
Лічыць, што мозг у яго інтэлектам поўны.
І гаворыць ён толькі пра сябе аднаго,
У б**: ды пайшоў ён!
А гэты, маўляў, самы здаровы.
Сілы — хоць адбаўляй, а мозгу няма.
Адразу відаць — нарадзіўся каровай,
Проста для мэблі ўсюды прысутнічае.
І калі спатрэбіцца,
Ён скажа ўсяго дзве літары — «Му».
А ў мяне ёсць тры словы для гэтага дэбіла:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў у п**!»**
«Стаяць на месцы, рукі за галаву!» —
Крычыць мне «дырэктар свету».
Яму, відаць, улада ўдарыла ў галаву,
Набыты сіндром камандзіра.
З гэтым хлопцам небяспечна мець справу —
Ён можа ўдарыць з размаху.
Дык лепш паберагчы сваё цела
І пра сябе паслаць яго на х**!”
(“Я люблю людзей”, Дэльфін)
Roma
Kaminsky
Roma works with painting and installation. He studied at an architectural and construction college in Mogilev and later at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, specializing in Contemporary Art. His background also includes numerous solo and group exhibitions.
In his practice, Roma often turns to abstract images that are immediately recognizable to “our” people: courtyards, panel apartment blocks, stairwells, and everyday life. At the same time, the emotional tone of his works tends to be positive. If you need a quick reference point, one of Roma’s best-known works is “A Woman with a Gray Hand Smoking in a Rapeseed Field,” which at one point became the visual calling card of the bar SVOBODY.4.
“I Love People”
Mixed media / 50 × 70 cm / 2020
“Я люблю людзей
Калі хтосьці чагосьці ад мяне хоча,
Калі хтосьці мяне дастаць спрабуе,
Хай ён лепш пра сябе пахлопоча —
Магчыма, ён усміхаецца ў апошні раз.
Мне ўсё роўна, што ён там уяўляе,
Пужае мяне, страху нагоніць хоча.
Яго ўсяго-наўсяго тры словы чакаюць:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў на х!»**
Хтосьці лічыць сябе разумней за іншых.
Разумнік, што ж тут скажаш?
Цікава, што ж ён будзе рабіць без іх,
Як і з каго ён будзе здзекавацца?
Ох, ненавіджу такіх, як ён —
Лічыць, што мозг у яго інтэлектам поўны.
І гаворыць ён толькі пра сябе аднаго,
У б**: ды пайшоў ён!
А гэты, маўляў, самы здаровы.
Сілы — хоць адбаўляй, а мозгу няма.
Адразу відаць — нарадзіўся каровай,
Проста для мэблі ўсюды прысутнічае.
І калі спатрэбіцца,
Ён скажа ўсяго дзве літары — «Му».
А ў мяне ёсць тры словы для гэтага дэбіла:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў у п**!»**
«Стаяць на месцы, рукі за галаву!» —
Крычыць мне «дырэктар свету».
Яму, відаць, улада ўдарыла ў галаву,
Набыты сіндром камандзіра.
З гэтым хлопцам небяспечна мець справу —
Ён можа ўдарыць з размаху.
Дык лепш паберагчы сваё цела
І пра сябе паслаць яго на х**!”
(“Я люблю людзей”, Дэльфін)
Roma
Kaminsky
Roma works with painting and installation. He studied at an architectural and construction college in Mogilev and later at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, specializing in Contemporary Art. His background also includes numerous solo and group exhibitions.
In his practice, Roma often turns to abstract images that are immediately recognizable to “our” people: courtyards, panel apartment blocks, stairwells, and everyday life. At the same time, the emotional tone of his works tends to be positive. If you need a quick reference point, one of Roma’s best-known works is “A Woman with a Gray Hand Smoking in a Rapeseed Field,” which at one point became the visual calling card of the bar SVOBODY.4.
“I Love People”
Mixed media / 50 × 70 cm / 2020
“Я люблю людзей
Калі хтосьці чагосьці ад мяне хоча,
Калі хтосьці мяне дастаць спрабуе,
Хай ён лепш пра сябе пахлопоча —
Магчыма, ён усміхаецца ў апошні раз.
Мне ўсё роўна, што ён там уяўляе,
Пужае мяне, страху нагоніць хоча.
Яго ўсяго-наўсяго тры словы чакаюць:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў на х!»**
Хтосьці лічыць сябе разумней за іншых.
Разумнік, што ж тут скажаш?
Цікава, што ж ён будзе рабіць без іх,
Як і з каго ён будзе здзекавацца?
Ох, ненавіджу такіх, як ён —
Лічыць, што мозг у яго інтэлектам поўны.
І гаворыць ён толькі пра сябе аднаго,
У б**: ды пайшоў ён!
А гэты, маўляў, самы здаровы.
Сілы — хоць адбаўляй, а мозгу няма.
Адразу відаць — нарадзіўся каровай,
Проста для мэблі ўсюды прысутнічае.
І калі спатрэбіцца,
Ён скажа ўсяго дзве літары — «Му».
А ў мяне ёсць тры словы для гэтага дэбіла:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў у п**!»**
«Стаяць на месцы, рукі за галаву!» —
Крычыць мне «дырэктар свету».
Яму, відаць, улада ўдарыла ў галаву,
Набыты сіндром камандзіра.
З гэтым хлопцам небяспечна мець справу —
Ён можа ўдарыць з размаху.
Дык лепш паберагчы сваё цела
І пра сябе паслаць яго на х**!”
(“Я люблю людзей”, Дэльфін)
Roma
Kaminsky
Roma works with painting and installation. He studied at an architectural and construction college in Mogilev and later at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts, specializing in Contemporary Art. His background also includes numerous solo and group exhibitions.
In his practice, Roma often turns to abstract images that are immediately recognizable to “our” people: courtyards, panel apartment blocks, stairwells, and everyday life. At the same time, the emotional tone of his works tends to be positive. If you need a quick reference point, one of Roma’s best-known works is “A Woman with a Gray Hand Smoking in a Rapeseed Field,” which at one point became the visual calling card of the bar SVOBODY.4.
“I Love People”
Mixed media / 50 × 70 cm / 2020
“Я люблю людзей
Калі хтосьці чагосьці ад мяне хоча,
Калі хтосьці мяне дастаць спрабуе,
Хай ён лепш пра сябе пахлопоча —
Магчыма, ён усміхаецца ў апошні раз.
Мне ўсё роўна, што ён там уяўляе,
Пужае мяне, страху нагоніць хоча.
Яго ўсяго-наўсяго тры словы чакаюць:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў на х!»**
Хтосьці лічыць сябе разумней за іншых.
Разумнік, што ж тут скажаш?
Цікава, што ж ён будзе рабіць без іх,
Як і з каго ён будзе здзекавацца?
Ох, ненавіджу такіх, як ён —
Лічыць, што мозг у яго інтэлектам поўны.
І гаворыць ён толькі пра сябе аднаго,
У б**: ды пайшоў ён!
А гэты, маўляў, самы здаровы.
Сілы — хоць адбаўляй, а мозгу няма.
Адразу відаць — нарадзіўся каровай,
Проста для мэблі ўсюды прысутнічае.
І калі спатрэбіцца,
Ён скажа ўсяго дзве літары — «Му».
А ў мяне ёсць тры словы для гэтага дэбіла:
«Эй, ты, пайшоў у п**!»**
«Стаяць на месцы, рукі за галаву!» —
Крычыць мне «дырэктар свету».
Яму, відаць, улада ўдарыла ў галаву,
Набыты сіндром камандзіра.
З гэтым хлопцам небяспечна мець справу —
Ён можа ўдарыць з размаху.
Дык лепш паберагчы сваё цела
І пра сябе паслаць яго на х**!”
(“Я люблю людзей”, Дэльфін)
Dina
Leonova
Dina is an artist, designer, and architect from Minsk. She paints panel apartment buildings in watercolor, creates expressive portraits, and produces linocut prints under the pseudonym Dinka. Within architectural and graphic design projects, Dina has worked extensively with flat surfaces; however, in recent years she has become increasingly interested in objects, space, and their interaction both with one another and with the viewer. This is the artist’s second spatial installation — the first was realized as part of an art residency at the SPRAVA festival.
“Sprouts of Germinated Wheat”
Installation / 2020
Step 1: Make a wish or write a message on a ribbon.
Step 2: Tie it to the structure.
Step 3: Feel yourself as part of something large, strong, and beautiful.
This installation is about collective hopes and dreams, in which even a cold, lifeless iron rod begins to bloom. It is an artificial flower inside a comfortable “bubble” of morning coffee and cheesecake. But it exists, it blooms — look!
And then, suddenly, a moment arrives when this bubble turns out not to be so small after all, and in place of an iron rod there is a joyful celebration.
Masha
Maroz
An artist, designer, researcher, and ethnographer. A participant in national and international exhibitions. Lives and works in Minsk.
From 2010 to the present, she has worked as an illustrator and costume designer, and also teaches at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts at the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts and Costume. She is the founder and designer of her own jewelry brand.
Masha is the founder and curator of the cultural and educational project Past Perfect, which is dedicated to researching and promoting Belarus’s historical and ethnographic heritage.
“2020.02”
Graphics / paper, colored pencils / 29.7 × 42 cm (framed 40 × 50 cm)
1. “Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be transformed or directed into another channel.”
2. “Just as animals born in the desert know their own dens; birds that fly in the air know their nests; fish that swim in the sea and rivers sense their own whirlpools; bees and the like defend their hives — so too do people feel great affection for the place where they were born and raised.”
Evgeny
Shpet
Evgeny is a Belarusian 3D artist and musician. He was once so impressed by scenes and renders in 3ds Max shown to him by a friend that he decided to devote all his free time to studying this field. He says that through 3D he can suspend gravity, set the wind in motion, and turn off the sun.
Today, his work is largely a conceptual game with the viewer — often surreal, chaotic, and driven by a search for form. Most of his Instagram output consists of mesmerizing videos that are impossible to look away from.
Evgeny has taken part in several collaborations. For example, in 2019 he placed works by Zakhar Kudin into large rooms and “brought them to life,” adding movement, and playing with space and form. At present, Evgeny works in the game industry and is actively looking for new and interesting projects.
“Fears”
Print on PVC / 30 × 39.5 cm / 2020
“Election”
Print on PVC / 30 × 39.5 cm / 2020
“Solidarity”
Print on PVC / 30 × 39.5 cm / 2020
Maria
Shumer
Maria has been passionate about drawing since childhood, and when there was no empty space left on the wallpaper and no clean endpapers left in books, she enrolled in art school. She has been working in the field of graphic design for nearly ten years, which is clearly reflected in the stylistic qualities of her work.
At present, she is experimenting with watercolor — its translucency and purity, the brightness of color, and a minimalist lightness on paper.
The main message of Maria’s work is to give beauty, to enlighten through joy and the smile that arises unexpectedly and uncontrollably when you like what you are looking at, whether it is a beautiful sunset or a cat chasing a sunbeam. Maria draws inspiration from nature, architecture, philosophy, and music.
“Atlantis”
Watercolor, artist’s cardboard / 60 × 90 cm / framed with mat / 2020
There is an opinion that the name Atlantis derives from the Titan Atlas and points to the “titanic” nature of the Atlanteans, while their struggle with the Athenians reflects the idea expressed in Plato’s Timaeus through the conflict between the Titans and the Olympians — in other words, the struggle between chaotic and harmonious principles. Athens, in this context, represents the realization of Plato’s ideal model of the state, elaborated in The Republic. The story of Atlantis is a story of decline and destruction as it moves away from the divine prototype. Yet, according to cyclical cosmogony, decline and destruction are followed by eternal return.
“Synergy”
Watercolor, artist’s cardboard / 60 × 90 cm / framed with mat / 2020
Synergy (Greek synergia — “cooperation, assistance, support, participation, complicity,” from Ancient Greek syn “together” + ergon “work, labor, action”) is an amplifying effect arising from the interaction of two or more factors, characterized by the fact that their combined action significantly exceeds the simple sum of the effects of each individual factor.
Human synergy is connected to interaction and teamwork. A song is a good example of human synergy: more than one musical part is involved, brought together to create a piece that has a far more dramatic effect than each part played individually.
Maria
Shumer
Maria has been passionate about drawing since childhood, and when there was no empty space left on the wallpaper and no clean endpapers left in books, she enrolled in art school. She has been working in the field of graphic design for nearly ten years, which is clearly reflected in the stylistic qualities of her work.
At present, she is experimenting with watercolor — its translucency and purity, the brightness of color, and a minimalist lightness on paper.
The main message of Maria’s work is to give beauty, to enlighten through joy and the smile that arises unexpectedly and uncontrollably when you like what you are looking at, whether it is a beautiful sunset or a cat chasing a sunbeam. Maria draws inspiration from nature, architecture, philosophy, and music.
“Atlantis”
Watercolor, artist’s cardboard / 60 × 90 cm / framed with mat / 2020
There is an opinion that the name Atlantis derives from the Titan Atlas and points to the “titanic” nature of the Atlanteans, while their struggle with the Athenians reflects the idea expressed in Plato’s Timaeus through the conflict between the Titans and the Olympians — in other words, the struggle between chaotic and harmonious principles. Athens, in this context, represents the realization of Plato’s ideal model of the state, elaborated in The Republic. The story of Atlantis is a story of decline and destruction as it moves away from the divine prototype. Yet, according to cyclical cosmogony, decline and destruction are followed by eternal return.
“Synergy”
Watercolor, artist’s cardboard / 60 × 90 cm / framed with mat / 2020
Synergy (Greek synergia — “cooperation, assistance, support, participation, complicity,” from Ancient Greek syn “together” + ergon “work, labor, action”) is an amplifying effect arising from the interaction of two or more factors, characterized by the fact that their combined action significantly exceeds the simple sum of the effects of each individual factor.
Human synergy is connected to interaction and teamwork. A song is a good example of human synergy: more than one musical part is involved, brought together to create a piece that has a far more dramatic effect than each part played individually.
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Evgeny Shpet — “Z”
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