In the age of AI, knowledge, ability and action increasingly merge into one another. Ideas can move directly into realization while continuing to evolve in the process.
The work radicalizes this development. The product is not presented at the end, but at the beginning — and within its own becoming. Different spaces complement and intensify one another simultaneously.
At its core, the work revolves around the question: Who do I become while human agency accelerates dramatically? What remains worth striving for?
The work concludes with the appearance of an artifact: its authenticity can only be verified by destroying it.
"A Story of Loss and Pain” is a conceptual work situated between installation, digital space and auction. The auction is part of the structure: each bid continuously shifts meaning. The installation can be shown simultaneously in different locations. People intervene independently from one another and yet still influence each other. The process ends in spring 2027.
The work extends into a digital space (instagram.com/ikonohh) where the ongoing process becomes visible and the auction unfolds. The space contains four pages of wall text and a white pedestal holding a tiny grain of osmium.
An idea. A fragment of highest value. And something indeterminate.
