PERMEATION

“X VITAMIN” gallery in Belgrade is showcased an exhibition that explored the delicate boundary between human and artificial intelligence through the works of two artists from Serbia and Japan. Sofija Ružić and Kyohei Tazaki bring their individual perspectives on this topic to the exhibition, which highlights the impact of digital technologies on contemporary art. Ružić experiments with the sustainability of classical artistic media by introducing dynamic elements such as interactivity and intermediality. Tazaki, on the other hand, finds inspiration in the process of making sculptures by hand, mimicking the logic and structure of objects created by 3D printing. Despite being founded in different culturological models of countries with unequal technological development, the artists’ works create a common artistic truth in a unique exhibition space. The exhibition questions the definition of art in an era of evolving media and the extent to which it affects the nature of humanity. Through their works, the artists convey their belief in the power of human creativity using the experience of new media to identify the human factor in the age of technocracy.

The delicate limit of the merging of human and artificial intelligence is often the inspiration of the artists of our time. The language of contemporary art can no longer be imagined without the elements of digital technologies, regardless of whether they are the constructive part of the work or the concept emphasizes the lack of their application.

Two artists from Serbia and Japan meet in the ”X VITAMIN” gallery in Belgrade, bringing their individual views on this topic. Investigating the limits of the sustainability of classical artistic media such as graphics, Sofija Ružić introduces dynamic elements – interactivity, intermediality. The definition of art changes in line with the development of the media, whether and to what extent the nature of man changes, the question is which artist sets. Kyohei Tazaki finds inspiration in the process of making sculptures by the classical method, by his own hands, mimicking the logic and structure of the objects created by the process of three-dimensional printing.

The permeation of two artistic subjects founded in different culturological models of countries with unequal technological development, create a common artistic truth in a unique exhibition space. The desire to identify the human factor in the age of technocracy, and the faith in the power of human creativity using the experience of new media, is the message of this exhibition.

SOFIJA RUŽIČIĆ (born in 1990) is a Serbian artist with bachelor degrees in printmaking and graphic design. She graduated and mastered printmaking at Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2017, at professor Vladimir Velčjašević class.  Since 2011 she has exhibited widely in group exhibitions at hom,e and abroad. SOLO: Conversations Gallery Risim Cacak (2015). While on her bachelor studies she was receiving National and Local scholarship. In 2014 and 2017 she got DOSITEJA Fellowship for Gifted students. Awards: 2016 Marko Krsmanović, award for innovation in printmaking. 2016 Award for best work done on handmade paper 2016. Bronze recognition for best poster in project “Our world our future”

TAZAKI RYOHEI Born 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan. 2013 Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Tokyo. Solo Exhibitions: 2013 Exhibition of Desire, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, 2017 Invisible Present, PINACOTHECA GALLERY, Kanda, Tokyo. Group Exhibitions: 2013 On the Steps 2013, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, 2014 On the Steps 2014, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, 2014 TEN, Gallery SHIMIZU, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 2016 On the Steps 2016, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, 2017 On the Steps 2017, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, 2017 Art Cocktail 2017, Steps Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo.