Krik::grafije

An original project of the REAKTOR collective, KRIK::GRAFIJE is an exploration of the codes embedded in the individual's body and psyche that guide people’s actions and are expressed through sexuality as pleasure drive systems. The artistic team address the phenomenon of addiction to the pursuit of pleasure on the cognitive and biological levels. The emergence of AI-generated content is progressively challenging our conception of what is possible – thus expanding the individual's reference field of visual material and generating new forms of potential fulfilment of sexual desire. The manipulation of video material, the rhythmising of bodies and voice, and the neuroscientific background of the pleasure drive are the performance’s main areas of research. The show examines the codification systems of individual experience, which are then manifested at the behavioural level and in the way (inter)personal relationships are formed.

KRIK, an ongoing project by the Kolektiv REAKTOR, sheds light on unspoken social taboos with a focus on sexuality and interpersonal relationships. The project was awarded the University Prešeren Prize for innovatively extending the boundaries between art and society.