ENGLISH:

Video art, Paperclay, Paperporcelain, Porcelain, Stoneware, Newspaper.

“Disrupting the Feed” skillfully entwines elements of Serbian and Japanese culture, reflecting the erasure of national boundaries in our globalized world. Using a combination of traditional techniques and graffiti-like inscriptions, his sculptures break down overarching narratives by incorporating emoticons that convey universally recognizable human emotions despite cultural differences. Though these pieces appear bright and lively on their surface, they also criticize today’s digital attention economy where creators’ efforts go unrewarded while being stuck within cycles exploitation as well as technological obsolescence embodied through emoticons themselves. This contemporary memento mori compels us all to ponder life’s transience along with considerate thought when navigating complex connections in this increasingly digitized society: it challenges people towards combatting control mechanisms that dominate online spaces we interact with daily.

Produced in partnership with Jovan Matić and Gallery Hayashi + Art Bridge

Jovan Matić
“Disrupting The Feed”

2nd – 17th February 2024.

Gallery Hayashi + Art Bridge

Ginza, Tokyo

SRPSKI:

Video umetnost, keramika, novine.

Izložba ‘Disrupting the Feed’ vešto prepliće elemente srpske i japanske kulture, odražavajući nestanak nacionalnih granica u našem globalizovanom svetu. Koristeći kombinaciju tradicionalnih tehnika i natpisa nalik na grafite, njegove skulpture razgrađuju opšteprihvaćene narative inkorporirajući emotikone koji prenose univerzalno prepoznatljive ljudske emocije uprkos kulturnim razlikama. Iako se ovi radovi na prvi pogled čine svetlim i živopisnim, oni kritikuju današnju digitalnu ekonomiju pažnje gde se trud kreatora ne nagrađuje, a oni su zarobljeni u ciklusima eksploatacije kao i rapidnog tehnološkog zastarevanja utelovljenog kroz emotikone same. Ovaj savremeni memento mori primorava nas da razmislimo o prolaznosti života i pažljivo razmotrimo načine povezivanja u nezaustavljivoj digitalizaciji društva: izaziva ljude na borbu protiv mehanizama kontrole koji dominiraju onlajn prostorima s kojima smo u svakodnevnoj interakciji.

Proizvedeno u saradnji sa Jovanom Matićem i galerijom Hajaši + Art Bridž

Jovan Matić
“Disrupting The Feed”

2 – 17. februar 2024.

Galerija Hajaši + Art Bridž

Ginza, Tokio