EVA (Evil Vibrant Astute) 2.0 by Joanna Bacas and Socrates Stamatatos

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𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀
𝗘𝗩𝗔 (𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲) 𝟮.𝟬
EXHIBITION @ Aksioma Project Space
14 May–13 June 2025
aksioma.org/ayasu/exhibitions/eva-evil-vibrant-astute-2-0/

A common experience among femme and queer subjects in our society is a cycle of brutal disenchantment of reality and the journey—often involving multiple identity crises—to the reenchantment of life. For these subjects, to acquire knowledge means deconstructing centuries of oppressive systems, only to end up with a dark void. This void, often portrayed as a dark trance, is captured in many memes like those at #girlcore, where knowledge and the act of knowing is usually akin to an act of violence, a loss of innocence.

This large-scale installation is both a city–similar to the playsets of our childhood–and something that resembles the inner structure of a machine–like a motherboard. Within this peculiar city, visitors can interact with a network built specifically for the project. Using it, they can exchange theory and media on topics like girlhood, feminism, re-enchantment and technology.

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✿ 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘀 is a transdisciplinary artist working in ceramics, jewelry, poetry and illustration to explore identity, sensuality, and resistance through a queer feminist lens. Her work critiques oppression while imagining utopias and reclaiming the body as a space of healing.

❀ 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀 is an independent curator and transdisciplinary artist whose work explores queer experience and care, using digital technologies to empower marginalized communities and foster connection.

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[SLO]

𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀
𝗘𝗩𝗔 (𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲) 𝟮.𝟬
RAZSTAVA @ Aksioma Projektni prostor
14. maj–13. junij 2025
aksioma.org/ayasu/sl/razstave/eva-evil-vibrant-astute-2-0/

Femme in queer subjektom v naši družbi je pogosto skupen cikel razočaranja nad realnostjo in nato iskanja poti – pogosto skozi več identitetnih kriz – do ponovne očaranosti nad življenjem. Pridobivanje védenja za te subjekte pomeni razgradnjo stoletij zatiralskih sistemov, le da na koncu pogosto ostanejo sami v temni praznini. To brezno, pogosto opisano kot temačen trans, je zajeto v številnih spletnih memih, kot so tisti pod oznako #girlcore, kjer sta védenje in proces spoznavanja enačena z nasilnim dejanjem in izgubo nedolžnosti.

Obsežna instalacija je hkrati mesto – podobno otroškim igralnim kompletom iz našega otroštva – in struktura, ki spominja na notranjost stroja oziroma matično ploščo. V tem nenavadnem mestu lahko obiskovalke komunicirajo s pomočjo omrežja, zasnovanega posebej za ta projekt. Prek njega si lahko izmenjujejo teorije in medijske vsebine o temah, kot so deklištvo, feminizem, ponovna očaranost in tehnologija.

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✿ 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘀 je transdisciplinarna umetnica katere praksa zajema keramiko, nakit, poezijo in ilustracijo, pri čemer skozi kvir feministično perspektivo raziskuje identiteto, delovanje, čutnost in upor. Njeno delo si zamišlja utopične alternative ter telo ponovno uveljavlja kot prostor ozdravljenja in opolnomočenja.

❀ 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀 je neodvisni kurator in transdisciplinarni umetnik, ki se v svojih kuratorskih, umetniških in teoretskih prizadevanjih ukvarja s queer izkušnjo in filozofijo skrbi, s fokusom na opolnomočenje marginaliziranih skupin z uporabo digitalnih tehnologij za povezovanje in gradnjo skupnosti.

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In the framework of 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀&𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲#𝟭𝟲: 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲? curated by Nora O’ Murchú, Socrates Stamatatos, Janez Fakin Janša and Neja Berger
aksioma.org/ayasu