In this series of works, I turn to Deleuze’s philosophy of layering, distinction and repetition, vibration and oscillation. Contrasts are an integral part of our history. I adhere to the concept of ‘punitive restraint’ (Foucault) in an attempt to hide the emotional component, as if cut by anxiety. Awareness of unrealised utopias, thinking in categories of totality – all of this is hidden in the details carved into the wooden surface and hidden in black pigment.
I continue to reflect on the repetition of violence in history and the system of formalisation, classification and ordering of events that create distance between us and the emotional perception of the tragic episodes of our time. For the visual narrative I turn to religious symbolism, techniques often used in sacred art, as well as the cold conventionality of minimalism.

— Sofiia Yesakova