PERFORMANCE "PROPAGANDA"

"Artist Olga Volodina’s live performance 'Propaganda' on the streets of Plovdiv, which concluded at the Masstab Sofia, Bulgaria

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The artist places opposite the gallery a figure entirely wrapped in white, like a cocoon. A motionless model sits on a chair, connected to an IV drip with a bag labeled "PROPAGANDA."

Black toxic fluid slowly flows into her body — a visual metaphor for the informational poison with which the system feeds the average human being.

The white surface of the body contrasts with the black substance, emphasizing the thin line between good and evil, the painful fragility of a body vulnerable to infection. The bandaged figure is a sick, tormented society, weakened by fears and prejudices, having lost the ability for critical thinking.

The individual ceases to be a person, dissolving into the imposed agenda: propaganda offers an illusion of community and freedom of choice, while in reality it manipulates consciousness, substituting reality.

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