ACT (Apples, Crickets, Time), 2024

ACT (Apples, Crickets, Time), 2024
Live-Performance, HAPPENING
Duration: 40 min
Location: AAPL Ateliers, Luxembourg
Documentation: Victoria Vanyi

The Happening ACT (Apples, Crickets, Time) explores the interconnectedness of food, community, and ecological awareness through the symbolic act of cutting and sharing an apple, inviting active participation from the audience. Inspired by Rirkrit Tiravanija’s practices, the performance uses the apple as a representation of local production and sustainability, encouraging reflection on mindful food consumption and its environmental impacts.

The experience is set to the ambient sound of crickets, which evokes natural rhythms and serves as a gentle contrast to the rapid pace of modern life, creating a reflective space centred on time, nature, and social connections. This participatory approach strengthens the audience’s connection with nature, community, and core human interactions, highlighting the importance of slowness, presence, and shared experiences.

ACT (Apples, Crickets, Time), 2024

Paths of Salvation, 2024
Live-Performance
30 min
Video: 08 min
Audio: Croatian 
Subtitles: English
Location: AAPL Ateliers, Luxembourg
Photo: María Olando

The performance Paths of Salvation is deeply rooted in the personal and collective experiences of women in wartime. The work is based on my mother’s testimony, in which she recounts an event from her past during the war in Bosnia, when she tried to save her mother while also caring for her sister and niece. This intimate story, shared with me as her daughter, serves as the basis for an exploration of female identity, family bonds and survival in extreme circumstances.

The performance begins with the symbolic act of walking through a door, marking a transition from the past to the present and inviting the audience to engage introspectively with themes of violence, loss and survival. The repetitive act of sweeping the screen materialises the trauma, while the repetitive movements symbolise the ongoing struggle to confront the past. The sound recording of war testimonies, interwoven with my movements, creates a dialogue between personal and collective memory.

My mother’s voice, recounting her wartime experiences, adds emotional depth to the performance and provides space for the audience to reflect on the importance of family bonds, female resilience and resistance during wartime. The performance explores how female identity is shaped by experiences of war, loss and forced migration, while the projection of the text onto the wall opens a dialogue about the invisible traumas that are often passed down through generations.

This work not only examines women’s struggle and resilience in extreme conditions, but also calls for a deeper understanding of the importance of empathy, solidarity and collective healing. The performance aims to create a safe space for dialogue about unspoken trauma and encourages reflection on the process of healing through mutual understanding and support.

Readapt 2023
Live – Performance, Role play

The interactive performance, entitled Readapt, provides an opportunity for the artist and the viewer to engage in a discourse concerning the nature of observation and perception. The artist positions the cameras in a manner that allows observers to view both the artist’s face and eye, as well as the artist’s eye projected onto the wall. This process generates a multifaceted dynamic of observation, prompting viewers to engage in introspection and reflection on their own role as observers. The viewer becomes both the subject and object of observation, thereby creating a reflective experience that connects the artist and audience in a shared observation and contemplation of the nature of art. The artwork “Readapt” explores the boundaries of intimacy and transparency in the digital age, thereby raising questions about the control of one’s identity and perception in public space. At the same time, it highlights the role of technology in shaping our perception of the world and ourselves.

Laboratory of the Flow of Consciousness (LAB), 2016
An Experimental Exploration of Process-Oriented Art

In Laboratory of the Flow of Consciousness (2016), the work is grounded in an exploration of the hands as both a central subject and a medium, engaging a variety of interdisciplinary techniques such as rubber gloves, live action, performance, installation, and video projection. The use of rubber gloves acts as a critical device, symbolically challenging conventional interpretations of human responsibility. This choice reflects a conscious subversion of typical ethical norms and redefines the artist’s engagement with themes of human interaction and moral accountability. The emphasis on process rather than final product reflects an epistemological shift toward valuing the exploratory nature of the creative act over the attainment of a defined outcome. This approach mirrors the concept of the laboratory—a place for dynamic experimentation free from predetermined solutions—and thereby affirms the artist’s commitment to an open-ended and investigative methodology. In such a space, the unpredictability of artistic outcomes becomes not only possible but central to the generation of innovative and emergent forms of creative expression.