Beyond the circuit – an attempt to remain human
An image between technology and nature, between order and roots. A poetic attempt to remain human – to the rhythm of the machines.
John Hackler and Elian M Varek
Heart & system – between feeling and gears
is a painterly examination of the tension between inner feelings and external pressure. A picture about excessive demands, adaptation and the question of what remains of people when feelings are supposed to become functional.
Exhibition - Between circuit and soul
is a fragmentary exhibition by Elian M. Varek. Three large-format works explore the tension between nature, technology and human feeling. The trilogy is not seen as a closed narrative, but as an open space for thought - quiet, poetic and deliberately unobtrusive. It doesn't show answers, but rather states: root, machine, human. A fragment of the present in the in-between.
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Detective wall / thinking fabric
shows thinking as a network. Drawings, texts and images are connected by threads and form an open structure of associations, tensions and possible meanings.
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The Artist Is Dead - The Art Is Free
is a steganographic image that only becomes visible through changing lighting conditions and technical mediation. 16 blue squares appear under LED light. Only infrared radiation and a camera in night vision mode make a hidden drawing visible. The work reflects perception, visibility and the role of technical media as a mirror of our knowledge. A homage to _The Death of Marat_ becomes a farewell to the artist's self - and an opening of the work to new interpretations.
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Saman work group
connects ethnological archive images, drawings and threads to form open networks. It addresses shamanic worldviews, plant knowledge and knowledge as a respectful approach.
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Orientation text for the exhibition room
In February 2026, LaborArtOrium presented a joint exhibition by John Hackler and Elian M. Varek at the Borgo Ensemble. The works presented dealt with perception, transitions and resonance between people, technology and nature. A central design element was light: the color temperature, direction and intensity of the light sources changed at regular intervals. This change was an integral part of the works and determined which levels became visible. Some works changed clearly, others only...
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deidalos_dive
is a steganographic image that changes depending on the light condition. Myth, mathematics and perception intertwine to form a model of inner cycles between ascent, descent and knowledge.