The Silent Supper project by Milena ZeVu an Arte Laguna Prize finalist that attracted over 12.000 international visitors during its Venice exhibition will now be presented to the Belgrade audience. The exhibition will run from December 23rd 2024 to January 11th 2025 at the Kolarac Endowment Gallery Studentski trg 5.
Set 60 years in the future Silent Supper unfolds as an evocative 10-minute video work. Born as a live recording of a performance the artist carried out in 2023 the project explores the implications of advanced Artificial Intelligence on human existence. The represented year is 2084 and the video focuses on the depiction of a dining table. The artist appears in a choral action surrounded by 11 performers who along with her participate in a dinner remaining completely silent throughout.
At the centre of ZeVu’s inquiry lies a reflection on advanced technology and its role in human relationships. Despite the artist supporting the development of technologies such as AI and recognizing their positive values she is equally concerned about the unregulated implementation and potential impact on human creativity values economic and spiritual well-being and our overall sense of purpose.
Curator and art critic Nina Vagic stated: ‘What is particularly striking in this work is the absence of verbal communication as actors are encouraged to connect in silence. This silent interaction beautifully exemplifies the innate sociability of humans and the spontaneous nature of the human connection that urges to be preserved. The artist invites us to question the price we pay for our adaptation to the ever- evolving landscape of technology. ‘Silent Supper’ encourages us to ponder whether we can find a harmonious balance between embracing technological advancement and preserving the core of our humanity.’
ZeVu shared her vision of the work: ‘Disconnected from Nature in our busy and noisy everyday lives bombarded with information we have lost our purpose and a deeper self-perception. Our voices are diminished in a crowd and become irrelevant... we become a disciplined mass far from enlightened individuals. Silence is the first step in our journey towards ourselves.’
The ArtWalks canvases displayed for the first time in their entirety at this exhibition were created in Venice between April and November 2024. Messages to the question: "What does being a human being mean to me?" in various languages were left by some of the more than 12000 visitors to the exhibition from various countries. These canvases are a mirror of the world in which we live.
The video work Silent Supper is a finalist in the selection of 10000 works at the Arte Laguna Prize exhibition in Venice November/December 2024 at Arsenale Nord.
Event Venue
Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca, Studentski trg 5, Beograd 103933, Serbia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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