Nika Oblak & Primož Novak Neskončnost (digitalna) / Infinity (digital)

Nika Oblak & Primož Novak

Neskončnost (digitalna) / Infinity (digital)

Video instalacija / Video installation

(Koprodukcija z Aksiomo – Zavodom za sodobne umetnosti, Ljubljana; projekt sta finančno podprla Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije in Mestna občina Ljubljana / Co-produced by: Aksioma – Institute of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia; supported by: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Ljubljana)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lTKVqJOMr0

Neskončnost (digitalna) prikazuje motiv teka, ki ga simbolizira običajen človek, ujet v večplastne mehanizme današnje neoliberalne realnosti. Podobo protagonistke, ki teče v neskončni in nesmiselni zanki od ekrana do ekrana, lahko interpretiramo kot manifestacijo mita o Sizifu, ki je bil zaradi božje kazni obsojen na to, da skalo vedno znova vali navzgor po istem hribu. Umetnika s to gesto izpostavita samoumeven odnos ljudi do tehnološkega napredka, osvetlita imperativ prilagajanja na vsakovrstne spremembe in pozornost usmerita na rahljanje osnovnih humanističnih vrednot.

Infinity (digital) shows the motif of running, symbolised by an ordinary man involved in the multilayered mechanisms of today’s neoliberal reality. The image of the protagonist running in an infinite and senseless loop from screen to screen can thus be seen as a manifestation of the myth of Sisyphus, who, by means of divine punishment, was condemned to repeatedly roll a boulder up the same hillside. With this gesture, the artists point out people’s self-evident attitude to technological progress, show the imperative of adapting to all kinds of changes, and call attention to the loosening of basic humanistic values. (Colner, 2020)