Acrosum

The idea for the installation emerged during the artist's research on plastic and the garbage situation. Most of the debris used in the installation was collected from construction waste containers in art institutions in Moscow. This project is a reflection on the legacy that humans, including artists and art institutions, leave for future generations who will live 500 years from now.

The space is presented from the perspective of a heroine from the future. Her contemporaries discovered a toxic planet that was once habitable. The planet is covered with debris from a previously existing civilization. They gave this civilization the name "Acrosum." The heroine and her contemporaries try to understand the reasons for the disappearance of life on this planet and study the found debris, but they are unable to definitively understand why Acrosum covered their habitat with it.

One of the most characteristic symptoms of the time we live in is the growing sense of losing a better future. Increasing political and economic instability, along with an increasingly palpable ecological crisis, causes us concern and pessimism. In the scenario of the Anthropocene, where human activity has an increasingly direct impact on the planet's balance, technological progress plays a double-edged role.

Since the mid-19th century and throughout the 20th century, humanity has been restructuring its way of life, production, and consumption. The main idea of the past decades has been acceleration.

Eat quickly, travel quickly, write quickly, produce quickly, consume quickly. The result of the idea of acceleration, or its remnants today, is garbage. The problem seems distant. Environmental movements around the world promote reducing consumption, rational use of resources, and recycling.

However, the amount of waste not only increases in geometric progression with population growth, but the remnants of our way of life will remain for future generations and can outlive not only our children but also our grandchildren. For example, the first toothpaste tube in the life of every person living today is still in a landfill, preserved in almost the same form. It will take 500 years for it to decompose.

How soon will we be able to change our attitude towards the footprint of the Anthropocene? What role does art play in this process? When will an economy that aims to leave a minimal impact as a result of its activities fully come into effect? Can our generation of "high" technology achieve sufficient changes, or will these questions have to be addressed by future generations? How many decades or centuries after us will our descendants have to solve the problem created by us and our ancestors?

The questions remain open.