SOMNOLENTNI SVET - Antanasije Punoševc

“Somnolentni svet” istražuje granicu između ljudskog i onoga što nastaje kao rezultat dehumanizacije čoveka i posledica transhumanističkih tekovina savremene civilizacije. Radovi problematizuju međuprostor između krhkosti i nestajanja ljudskog tela u doba virtuelne i tehnološke stvarnosti. Kroz monumentalne figure, obasjane artificijelnim svetlom, otkriva se neprirodna pospanosti duha. Somnolencija ovde nije obična fizička slabost, već patološka posledica otuđenja, svojevrsni duhovni umor nastao iz prekomerne stimulacije i beskrajnog uranjanja u digitalne tokove kao i reakcija na kolektivno otuđenje od tela i njegovo zamenjivanje formama koje funkcionišu kao skladište informacija umesto kao stetište duha.

Telo postaje simulakrum, znak bez izvora – prisustvo bez suštine. Slike se poigravaju vizurom posmatrača kojem se otvara pitanje– da li je predstavljeno biće ljudsko ili samo nosi njegov oblik? Fluidno – fluorescentni kolorit aludira na generisane simulakrume veštačke inteligencije koja uveliko kreira neke nove oblike realnosti. U toj realnosti ljudsko telo se ne razlikuje umnogome od bilo kog drugog tehnološkog produkta. Predstave na ovim radovima oličavaju jedinke koje se bore sa istinom o fragilnosti i nebitnosti tela u svetu gde materijalnost gubi značaj pred virtuelnim i sintetičkim slojevima stvarnosti. One svojim spoljnim oblicima nedvosmisleno govore o čovekolikom, međutim, sveukupna atmosfera i psihologija upućuju na elemente modifikovane stvarnosti koja podseća na prizore iz distopijske literatue i Sci-Fi kinematografije. Prenošenje centra ljudskog života iz analognog, čulnog, u sferu digitalnog, dolazimo do zaključka o čovekovoj otuđenosti od realnosti, prirode kao i drugih ljudi. U virtuelnim svetovima obitavamo kao u ličnom matriksu, bez težnje za interakcijom i promenama, bez mogućnosti da se probudimo.

"Somnolent World" explores the border between the human and what arises as a result of the dehumanization of man and the consequences of the transhumanist achievements of modern civilization. The works problematize the intermediate space between the fragility and disappearance of the human body in the age of virtual and technological reality. Through the monumental figures, illuminated by artificial light, the unnatural drowsiness of the spirit is revealed. Somnolence here is not an ordinary physical weakness, but a pathological consequence of alienation, a kind of spiritual fatigue resulting from excessive stimulation and endless immersion in digital streams, as well as a reaction to the collective alienation from the body and its replacement by forms that function as a storehouse of information instead of a haven for the spirit.

The body becomes a simulacrum, a sign without a source - a presence without an essence. The pictures play with the vision of the observer, who is asked the question – is the human being represented or does it just bear its form? Fluid - fluorescent color alludes to generated simulacrums of artificial intelligence that largely creates some new forms of reality. In this reality, the human body is not much different from any other technological product. The representations in these works embody individuals who struggle with the truth about the fragility and insignificance of the body in a world where materiality loses its importance in front of virtual and synthetic layers of reality. With their external forms, they unequivocally speak of the human-like, however, the overall atmosphere and psychology point to elements of a modified reality reminiscent of scenes from dystopian literature and Sci-Fi cinematography. Transferring the center of human life from the analog, sensory, to the digital sphere, we come to the conclusion of man's alienation from reality, nature and other people. We live in virtual worlds as in a personal matrix, without the desire for interaction and change, without the possibility to wake up.