Elementene (2018) is related to my final performance in 2017, Coming Soon; It’s Coming in Glasgow, Scotland. This show focused on the fear of nuclear war and the war industry’s entanglement with blind consumption. Issues of justice and victimization, used as elements of marketing, were also significant aspects of this work. Elementene continues the theme of conflict, particularly emphasizing the dehumanization of ordinary citizens, especially those from foreign countries. Mass media and political campaigns use symbolic terminology as a technique to dehumanize the masses.

In Elementene, this theme is transformed into the symbol of an atomic bomb. This atomic imagery depicts citizens as pawns on a chessboard, unrepresented or ignored by today’s media.

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The poem of Elementene, part of the film installation with sound, was exhibited at the Generator Project in Dundee, Scotland. It reinforces my message that, despite our differences, ordinary people from each country share more in common with each other than with the elite rulers who lead them toward war and death. In the end, it is the everyday women, children, and men who suffer.

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Elementene is an attempt to bring my political and philosophical research to life.

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For Elementene, I used epoxy, silicone, glass fiber, wood, rubber, and metal for the sculptural elements and set design. I then filmed a stop-motion animation using a 16mm camera, carefully manipulating light and space to bring the piece together. Additionally, I used silent disco technology, which creates radio waves to capture the whispers of "the others."

Elementene consists of 2,300 frames, creating just over a one-minute animation. All the blueprints (drawings) are hand-drawn to evoke the atmosphere of the Cold War period, an ongoing concern in modern times.