Jura Shust explores the relationship between ritual and escapism. Intrigued by semantic polysemy, informational intoxication, and initial desire for oblivion, he reflects on how the mythological overlaps with the technological. The sacral idea of incorporation of the human mind into a global network with its tendency for decentralization inspires the artist to redefine the concept of spiritual ecology. Shust’s practice merges sculpture, video, and installation to construct mental landscapes illuminated by ethnoreligious beliefs and flooded by biopolitical intentions.

Management

Berlin

Gwangju Biennial

Gwangju

Baltic Triennial

Vilnius

The Moscow International Biennial For Young Art

Moscow

Maladziečna

Prague

Polansky

New York City

Vienna

EXILE

Fribourg

Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst

Brussels

Poppositions

Jura Shust

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #1

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #2

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #3

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #8

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #10

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #11

Walking, knocking on the roots, and shaking the spruce paws #9