THE WHALE WORLD & SLEEPERS

How would you visually imagine earth as one living organism? As something strong and fragile at the same time, something responding, reacting to our actions? I was looking for an image to illustrate this idea. That led me to the vision of the city on the back of the whale: while the city is over the sea level, the whale swims under it. It is a question of will and question of time, if the whale will hold the city, or just dive into deep waters.

The exhibition Sleepers shows scenes from different places in the world, where mostly young people suffer consequences of global market. Sleep is a form of non violent resistance; or in other case just a response of the body to the unbearable working pressure.

The Whale World mural and the exhibition "Sleepers" was conceived for Nástupišťe 1-12, alternative cultural space in Topoľčany, Slovakia.read more...