Manifesto for Soot

The use of black soot pigment, combined with found objects, serves as an associative material for me, resulting from combustion. In this context, they symbolize the reduction of painting and the functioning of art during wartime.

Additionally, the soot pigment on the surface of a sound object is set in motion by the vibration from the voice of a text-to-speech program. The text "Artist's Manifesto" was generated by artificial intelligence based on 20th-century artistic manifestos.

In my quest to evoke profound feelings that touch on the present and its implications for the future, my focus is on the realization that all the lofty ideals of civilization, such as humanity's achievements in science, art, or new technologies, are incapable of stopping any war on Earth.