Simple figures. VIII International Tashkent Biennale of contemporary art

The last time we see the fantastic environment changes. On the one hand, it’s the explosion of new technologies, the creation of robots, genetic engineering, on the other, it’s the endless wars, conflicts, deteriorating economic situation, and therefore the manifestation of aggression and hostility among people towards each other. It would seem that the development of technology, the collapse of the Soviet Union, transparency and economic freedom should lead to a comfortable life, to free time from work, to engage in favorite Hobbies, education in the culture field.

Art as well as the other spheres of human activity works with new technologies, comprehends their place in human life, from full acceptance to complete denial. The critical attitude to the question of the place of new technologies is a necessary component of the presented works.

In almost all modern computers and other computing digital/electronic devices the binary system, which consists of infinite variations of the digits 1 and 0, is the basis.

These simple numbers have spread their influence on our lives: from metal detectors that control our belongings to social networks that control our behavior and desires us. Calendar years consist of four digits and changing the number by only one unit can lead to great changes in the history of mankind.