“The Screen Genesis / Sun Uranus” , Deus Ex Machina, photography, 2017. ©
ABOUT Deus Ex Machina Project /Latin: [ˈdeʊs ɛks ˈmaː.kʰɪ.naː]: /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiːəs ɛks ˈmækɪnə/;[1] plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device with a function to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a Happy ending, or act as a comedic device.
This project is inspired with the paradox we found ourselves through our everyday, contemporary lifestyle, were we actively participate in a virtual reality that is expanding, pulsating and is evolving into an extension of reality, in which we co-exist physically, but without the physical contact itself.
On one side – we have the possibility of connection with the other, the access to our closest ones at every moment – while on the other side, we can experience the sensation of separation and exclusion, isolation form others, after we come to realise there is no real physical closeness – we are talking to the screen.
This is the story of the Screen. The Screen is a mediator, he is witnessing to our relationships and is omnipresent.
The project Deus Ex Machina – it is based on a photography, screenshoots, Skype camera shoots, photos from mobile phone devices, that I have used in order to understand how The Screen sees us, by watching, analysing, sharing data and projecting.
The Screen is watching at us and is mediating in our private conversations. The Screen is a foggy layer and is the only prof of the existence of the”meta-zone“. He lives in the “meta -zone”, a place we are visiting too, once we look at The Screen.
The Screen is connecting us and keeping us apart from each other.
“Overlactating / Tinder – Venus Pluto” , 2017, Deus Ex Machina, 100x50cm © “The Worst Fear / Grindr – Mars Saturn”, 2017, Deus Ex Machina, 100x50cm ©
“Dio – 21.Century Mercury”, Deus Ex Machina, digital photography, 2017. ©
“Deus Ex Machina” exhibition was observed by a young and prospectus neuroscientist, Dr. sc. Petra Dolenec, who was inspired to talk about the exhibition after she saw the photographs for “Deus Ex Machina” and noticed the similarity of the landscapes she usually see in the laboratory, during her PHD teases exploration on the topic “Brain Trauma”.
Through her writing, she tried to describe what happens in the brain when we experience “communication”, also analysing how technological devices affects our perception on reality by mimicking the feeling of communication. In her writing, she is questioning the possibility of the existence of the “Meta -Zone” field in time and space – that are portrayed in the exhibition, which could be perceived by the brain through imagination, but also feeling real for the individuals, as the brain is wired and connected on sensing and sensations in order to interpret.