FORMULA 1

Marble and metal

5 m x 80 cm

Formula 1

Marble and metal

5 m x 80 cm

2022

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FORMULA 1 is a sculpture dedicated to the concept of Peace, composed of three symbolic stone elements combined like a scientific formula: the symbol of EMPATHY + the symbol of the whale's tail/CREATIVE WISDOM = PEACE.

For millennia, the message of peace has evidently gone unheard, despite being promoted by most people. FORMULA 1's aim is precisely to attempt a complete reformulation of the message, working on its symbolic structure or visualization, to take a further step towards building peace.

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In FORMULA 1, the final concept is not the simple sum of its elements, but something more; it goes beyond their cognitive aspect in relation to the mental conceptions with which we associate them. An attempt to materialize the symbols and perhaps finally grasp the concept of what they embody.

FORMULA 1 is the first sculpture in a series dedicated to the concept of "exercising power" and its symbols (ours - current ones), their strong ability to evoke meaning, their immediate comprehensibility and memorability.

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* FORMULA 1 was created with the support of the Regional Center for Contemporary Arts Toplocentrala for the inaugural exhibition "As Long as You Stay with Me," curated by Vladiya Mihaylova (April-May 2022). Participating artists: Valentina Sciarra, Nevena Ekimova, Nilbar Güreş, Kamen Stoyanov and Antoni Rayzhekov, together with Ukrainian artists Anastasiia Prozora, Anastasiia Sysenko, Anton Lapov, Kostiantyn Zorkin, Khrystyna Silivon, Mykhaylo Barabash, Ostap Manulyak, Roman Haideichuk, Sergiy Petlyuk, Serhiy Korovyatsky, B_ST_FFORT. 

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