“Deconstruction of the dark metamorphosis of a human”.
This is a project that was born out of incomprehensible witnessing of a Russia’s strike on Ukraine.
In the first days of war I felt like somebody who looks at the murder in progress from immediate vicinity, unable to help a person that is being killed. A mixture of anger, dread & emotional shock. I felt like I’m about to throw up. One constant panic attack.
I needed to transform this state of mind, if I wanted to function & somehow continue to live & be productive. I needed a clear vision of the genesis of this impossible historic act.
What was born out of this intention is not a full-scale background examination attempt. For me personally I see little use in comparison of sociological, historic, economic or geopolitical factors.
What I feel like is much more important, have more to do with the inner transformation of individual’s mind.
Since February 24, 2022 there has been mass spawning of transformed beings. They praise violence and getting kicks out of the virtual greatness of their homeland. They like to be feared and find this natural.
The date was a starting point for an active phase of a large-scale transformation, though the previous shadow phase started long ago.
Everything that represents and inspires humanity, free will and free thinking was expelled from the frontend of society to dedicated paddocks.
Hatred, stimulation of basic instincts, our kind / enemy — animal-level identification program is what was transmitted for past decades through numerous emitters.
The domestic economy, legislative, executive, and judicial systems were modified to expel people from collective space into encapsulated cocoons of simple problems and joys.
The social environment polluted with a suspension of moral decay and learned helplessness started to dissolve a thin shell of human nature. Exposing the animal core.
A colony of these transformed beings swarmed the habitat of the initial population and invaded other territories. Accompanying their movement with muffled sounds from the contact of ossified war masks sprouted on faces.
Even the people in possession of a solid moral compass and endowed with compassion, were still impacted by the dull flames of aggressive thoughts piercing through their hearts. Though their intentions are rightfully focused on the source of pollution, these kinds of thoughts share nature with warmonger minds.
Few observations can be made: Using the inner Geiger counter, the omnipresence of the poisonous particles can be spotted. They were left after the explosion happened in the head of one creature & spread through the hollow heads of others. Newly-converted warmongers are fragile creatures easily possessed by any direct influence. One doesn’t need to have developed mind to set the machinery of war in motion. Conceptually detaching yourself from others is a big step towards delusional existence inside a virtual world of paranoia infused by fear and hatred.
Thank you for sharing this uneasy experience with me! You can see the whole project here: https://katarshis.art/warmonger
