Modern man is alienated from nature and forced into an unnatural symbiosis with electronic devices and media. His consciousness and perception are captured. In the Transhuman environment and the technocratic structure of society, he loses touch with himself and his being. He's suffocating. This artwork called INHALE-EXHALE consists of two segments. The first segment consists of two black and white photographs created as documentation of artists’ action within the Land Art workshop "Northern Fiber III", at The Cultural Center Tuskær-Fjaltring Denmark, in 1999. Photos by Ole Akhøj.
The second segment of the work is a series of photos she took in her apartment in 2021, which she edited in the form of video work. The work INHALE-EXHALE reflects her view on the situation in which a man has been for many years now, and which culminated during 2020-21, through what the artist calls the “Global Construct of modern enslavement and dehumanization of the man by social engineering processes”. She invites everyone to ask themselves once again, what are we and where are we going.
Snežana Skoko (1960) participates in solo and group exhibitions, performances and workshops in Serbia and abroad. She is making authorial projects, organizing international and art events in Serbia as leader of Independent Art Association “Punctum for Art Experiment”, Belgrade. Her works had been awarded and are in several collections (Museum of Applied Art Belgrade / Collection of Contemporary Serbian Art, TELENOR company, Serbia / Textile Museum, Angers, France / Atelier 61, Belgrade / Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection of Serbian Contemporary Artists / and Cultural Center of Belgrade, Serbia – in process).
Photo: Maša Pirc / BIEN 2021
Original photo: Ole Akhøj
Stills: Video Snežana Skoko
