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Elena Gubanova & Ivan Govorkov

Shadow of Emptiness

Objects

Arduino, microcontroller, DMX dimmer, spotlights; plastic; paper, pencil, charcoal

Variable dimensions

Engineer: Alexey Grachev
Supported by CYLAND MediaArtLab

Elena Gubanova and Ivan Govorkov's project is a continuation of the theme of the birth and destruction of form. The idea of emphasizing incompleteness and understatement is the authors' reflection on the fixed, conditioned world, where everything is precisely named, signed, and ultimately sold.

In this project, the artists incorporate light as the primary variable and graphic material in their work. By changing the lighting, the authors manipulate the viewer's perception. Their objects made of transparent plexiglass, plastic, and graphics disappear entirely in an unlit space or, on the contrary, take on a rigid pattern of shadows, a precise clarity that suddenly shifts with the movement of the light and disappears again, dissolving into the space. It is a performance for light and shadow. The process itself becomes a form of identification. The theme addressed in their work goes beyond the simple play with form. These are questions about the conventionality of language, an illustration of the vulnerability of clearly defining anything—whether it is a sign, space, form, or meaning.

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