Katerina Belkina, Solaris, 2022, Archival Pigment Print

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Artist: katerina belkina
title: solaris
media: photography, digital painting
year: 2022
series: for all mankind
dimension: 110 x 95 cm
… Read more Artist: katerina belkina
title: solaris
media: photography, digital painting
year: 2022
series: for all mankind
dimension: 110 x 95 cm
edition: 5 + 2 artist proof
signature: on the reverse
print: archival pigment print on hahnemühle photo rag baryta, dibond mount
frame: 111,8 x 96,8 x 4,2 cm, alder, color ral 7047, museum glass with uv protection and anti-reflective coating (artglas ar70 2 mm)

concept of the artwork "solaris":
solaris is a satellite of the binary star system that moves in a complex orbit around both stars red and blue. The position of the planet located by alpha aquarius. Thus described the planet solaris - stanislaw lem in his fantasy novel.

the planet is almost completely covered with an ocean of gel that is revealed to be a single, planet-encompassing entity. The ocean is a creature with a highly evolved mind, and it takes action to correct the planet’s orbit quite consciously. It does this by materializing physical simulacra, including human ones. As lem wrote, "the peculiarity of those phenomena seems to suggest that we observe a kind of rational activity, but the meaning of this seemingly rational activity of the solarian ocean is beyond the reach of human beings.

the planet "sent" to the space research station creatures "guests", which could be called phantoms, if they were not quite material.

as i wrote earlier, my inspiration was not only the novel itself, but also its beautiful tarkovsky adaptation. And i would like to draw a parallel between the solaris ocean and our consciousness, which is so often draw in our earthmen mind some phantoms, who are the main reason for our choices and actions. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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