GROWING THE CROWN

2023
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artifacts exhumed from the future 

These crowns grew from millions of burned glass pieces in the first place, hurting and cutting their owner, who is not able to see through blood the absurdity of imperial luxury in a modern reality. This growing the crown process embodied pathological processes of growth of the territory of the empire and cultivating the idea of being a superior race.

Sealed in plastic cubes, they became a memory capsule representing physical and indisputable evidence of the cost of feudal ambitions. 

Growing in the desire for endless domination, the crown of the heartless snow queen is made from the fragments of people’s ruined lives.

The series ENDLESS SHINE OF HUMAN VIOLENCE started on 24th February 2022 and aimed to capture the current crimes against humanity within the Russian war against Ukraine.