VECTOR TECHNOLOGIES

“VECTOR TECHNOLOGIES”
A series of abstract op-art objects Vector Technologies by artist Vladimir Tsesler is inspired by the rhythms of technogenic civilization.
The tracing lines and syncopated pulse of these rhythms permeate everything around us, surround us everywhere and at the same time are hidden. The callsigns of the news programs and the equal intervals of the freeway supports relentlessly thump the rhythm of that endless bondage dance that we dance until we drop and, even when we fall, in our sleep.
But our unwillingness to notice this percussive accompaniment of our life makes it invisible and inaudible to a greater extent than, for example, the photo wallpaper “Birch Forest in Spring” can make invisible a bundle of exposed nerves of electrical wiring on a wall. However, it will not be possible to hide forever with a reproduction of the Kuindzhi landscape from the fact that the new nature has already come to Earth. Monumental (2.15 × 1.10 m) black-and-white posters of the Vector Technologies series not only reflect the structural essence of this man-made nature in abstract rhythms, but also offer the possibility of its aesthetic acceptance, awareness and contemplation. The heightened perception of the artist of the 21st century captures not only the “shudder of the sky” and the “creep of the sea underwater passage”, but also the monotonous rattling of a cracked fluorescent lamp, the repeatedly repeated rapport of a modular cell of standard construction, the permanent hum of high-voltage power lines … Yes, the endless horizontal civilizational communications unwind behind us, wherever we move (including with our heads) – even to the Himalayas, even to the wilds of the Amazon – like a spinning line for a fish caught on a hook. And, trying to get off the hook, we write circles and other figures, remarkable in their geometric beauty, on the surface of the Earth – especially if we observe our trajectory from space. It is this change of position, as well as macro- and micro-scale, that the artist Vladimir Tsesler proposes in his black-and-white suite. And in this position – not to run away, not to close your eyes, but to turn your face to the sharply sharpened Vector technologies aimed directly at us, to their icy perfection, to surrender to the unknown possibilities of interaction with us – not only courage, but also common sense. Perhaps aesthetic reconciliation with Vector technologies is the only way out for a person in an era when a city or a mountain, any point on Earth is just a dot on a satellite image printout, and “I am a pixel” is the most fashionable topic of schizophrenic delirium. The op-art techniques chosen by the author in this case are most consistent with his personal vector, which can be formulated something like this: space, and behind the cosmic cold – light and heat.
Tatiana Bembel