2019
Installation. Sculpture (concrete, metal, acrylic composite material, plastic), c-print, video projection, screen. 

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Object from the project Karate Poetry. Fragment.
2019.
Architectural concrete, metal.
158×72×25 cm (62×28×10 in)

Object from the project Karate poetry.
2019.
Acrylic composite material.
41х27x38 cm (16×10,6×15in)

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Object from the project Karate Poetry. Fragment.
2019.
Architectural concrete, plastic.
105×33×35cm (43×13×14,5 in)

Object from the project Karate poetry.
2019.
Acrylic composite material.
110х45x30cm (43×18×12 in)

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Architectural concrete.
186×37,5×30,5 cm (73×14,5×12 in)

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Plastic, 3D printing, metal accessories.
32х3х3 cm(12,5×1×1 in)

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Plastification. Edition 1/1.
100×75 сm (39×29,5 in)

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Plastification. Edition 1/1.
100×75 сm (39×29,5 in)

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Plastification. Edition 1/1.
100×75 сm (39×29,5 in)

Object from the project Karate Poetry.
2019.
Plastic, 3D printing.
15х20х9cm (6×7,8×3,5in)

Exhibition view Karate Poetry.
2019. MYTH Gallery, St. Petersburg

Karate poetry

Here we are now, entertain us

This is karate poetry, a type of internet language spoken by users with other users, images with images, users with images, and here, inside the project, it is spoken by objects with other objects and viewers. This is a language of constant references and unending allusions, where a substantial part of the message's meaning is lost.

The artist is interested in materiality in and of itself. This is apparent in all of the works in the project, regardless of the medium. Plasticification and sculpture, objects and video all allude to the physical aspect of conceptualized types. The exhibit centers on a video with fans' translations of songs that the artist found in the internet.

The empty spaces, choppiness, strangeness and cold allure are properties of the internet language made up of 0 and 1, of digits — the most basic units of movement. You strike a blow and return to your starting position, always counting off from zero, maintaining the utmost stability and impermeability of karate poetry.

Anna Zavediy