EXHIBITION "INITIUM" - ULUS, BELGRADE
Memory gives the meaning and depth to all things, everything that is under the surface is a part of our memory which is in harmony with the human nature – deceptive and subject to influence. It is not necessary to enter the metaphysical or occultly in order to understand how numerous and powerful influences are under which human and his conscious are formed. Being aware of this fact, Marko Kusmuk explores exactly the fields that are the root of the genesis. The cycle of the works titled ‘’Initium’’ is about the beginning that we do not recall.
The essence of philosophy, according to Socrates, is to get to know ourselves, to get to the center of our being and to take away all those layers which were formed by the maturation. The path of self-knowledge is like peeling an onion, separating layer by layer in order to reach the essence, the core, a multilayered and complex process, necessarily accompanied by tears. We come to the world with tears, and so we are sent off. If we achieve our essence for life, if we truly get to know ourselves and the root of our being, the death we all rush to, with every breath and heartbeat, ceases to be a horrible stranger we are all afraid of. In this cycle of works, Marko explores a complex motive, the beginning of life which is at the same time gentle and bloody. A fetus, an embryo, a baby are terms that fill us with the enthusiasm, hope, fears and sometimes disgust based on the essential lack of knowledge of where we originated from.
Dušan Zlokolica
The essence of philosophy, according to Socrates, is to get to know ourselves, to get to the center of our being and to take away all those layers which were formed by the maturation. The path of self-knowledge is like peeling an onion, separating layer by layer in order to reach the essence, the core, a multilayered and complex process, necessarily accompanied by tears. We come to the world with tears, and so we are sent off. If we achieve our essence for life, if we truly get to know ourselves and the root of our being, the death we all rush to, with every breath and heartbeat, ceases to be a horrible stranger we are all afraid of. In this cycle of works, Marko explores a complex motive, the beginning of life which is at the same time gentle and bloody. A fetus, an embryo, a baby are terms that fill us with the enthusiasm, hope, fears and sometimes disgust based on the essential lack of knowledge of where we originated from.
Dušan Zlokolica