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

Paths of Salvation is a poignant performance that draws from the personal and collective experiences of women in times of war. Rooted in my mother’s testimony, which recounts a life-altering event during the war in Bosnia. The work explores the complexities of female identity, family bonds and survival in extreme circumstances.
The emotional depth of the performance is heightened by the inclusion of my mother’s voice, sharing her wartime experiences. This intimate connection provides the audience a space to reflect on the strength of family, the resilience of women and the resistance against overwhelming adversity. The piece examines how female identity is reshaped by war, loss and migration, with the projection of text on the wall inviting reflection on the invisible scars passed down through generations.

Paths of Salvation calls for empathy, solidarity and collective healing. It creates a safe space for dialogue about unspoken trauma and encourages deeper understanding, reflection and mutual support as essential steps in the healing process.

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.