M Gallery, CICA Museum
November 2 – 6, 2022
2022.11.02 – 06
Conspiracy
TRANSFORMATION IS NOT A METAPHOR
Transformation is understood to mean an absolutly fundamental change. From a social perspective, the term is used to describe sudden changes in political, economic or technological development. The artist Nae Zerka looks at this term from an artistic perspective and wants to make understandable what has long been taken for granted. Every transformation is a long-term, ongoing process of learning and searching, which is associated with many uncertainties.
It only comes to a conclusion when new system structures have become permanently established and stabilized. A transformation can be triggered by new technical possibilities as well as significantly changed social needs. We live in a time in which both occur at the same time, which is not the case for every generation.
In recent times, there has often been talk of human transformation. On the one hand, this expresses the global digitization process and the fact that central questions about the future of humanity will be decided in an artificially created digital world. On the other hand, this transformation describes the diverse changes that will shape the face of life in the future. However, transformations cannot simply be controlled; they can only be steered in a socially accepted direction through negotiation processes.
As an artist, I try to reflect at this point. But as an digital artist, I am naturally in a dilemma.
Nae Zerka, born 1969, lives and works in Salzburg, Austria.
