Anna Sopova
installation
2022
sculptures, radio, flowcharts, texts,
found objects,stone, wood, flowers
Like the scenarios described in sci-fiction, in a country with a functioning autocracy, one cannot call a spade a spade. It is common to say that 2 plus 2 equals 5. In my country, it is impossible to talk about what is really happening. You cannot say that 2 plus 2 equals 4. You cannot say that white is white and black is black. You can't call a war a war. You can't call aggressors those who are actually aggressors. Visible reality mixed with simulation. Anyone who does not want to live in a simulation is guilty. Such a person is subjected to criminal prosecution or called to be a foreign agent. University professors, journalists, activists or internet bloggers are persecuted if they speak negatively about the war. University and school teachers are persecuted even if they talk about European culture and values, and not about local ones.
But people are drowning in loneliness. And although there are attempts to develop underground anti-war resistance. It is still completely invisible and inaudible. All you can feel and hear is informational lockdown - noise and interference. So how can we transmit a message to each other if that message cannot be spoken?
ALTE HANDELSSCHULE, Leipzig, Germany 2022