Protey Temen

Inner School of Open Studies

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Spaces, Rooms, Halls, 1—60

Spaces, Rooms, Halls, 1—60

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Series of environment and installation studies. A set of 60 rooms is intended to be built. A recognizable visual vocabulary spans across rooms, halls, and spaces, evoking an atmosphere that merges study rooms, laboratories, libraries, and other offices in a form of total installation. — A set of 60 digital images. 2023–2025

Hands, Instructions, 15–30

Hands, Instructions, 15–30

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Hands, Instructions, 1–15

Hands, Instructions, 1–15

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Cards, Brown

Cards, Brown

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The precise lines, circles and mathematical figures evoke the feeling of technical drawings or blueprints. They seem to express geometric relationships, probably exploring some architectural or procedural concept. — “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Brown Cards” series. Brown paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 15 × 21 cm. 2024.

Structures, Clouds

Structures, Clouds

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Clusters of clouds and the tensions between them, sun glare and light dust flying in the air. The constant movement of units of the sky when observed for long periods of time can exhibit an ordered, mathematically calibrated structure. — “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Structures of the Sky: Clouds” series. Blue paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, mechanical cut-out, 21 × 9,7 cm. 2024

Boards

Boards

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A series of drawings from a fragment of an endless blackboard, layers of someone’s ideas, stories and sequential systems are captured by the frame of the paper format, suggesting the lack of boundaries of the original blackboard. — “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Boards” series. 60 pieces. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 50 × 70 cm. 2019—Ongoing.

Particle, Box, Drawings, 1—12

Particle, Box, Drawings, 1—12

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Studio, Immanuelkirschstr

Studio, Immanuelkirschstr

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Individual shots and fragments of production, racks, surfaces and storage systems. Taken out of the context of time and space, these parts are combined without clear boundaries into a single workflow fabric. — Fragments of workflow, cabinet parts, and archive details.

The List of Studies

The List of Studies

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…What should we know about knowing? How to anticipate the anticipatable? By constantly keeping work diaries and notes it was only a matter of time before they took the form of cards. Collected in a box, laid out on a table in random order, shown one by one… Each of the word combinations involves a chain of thought, disrupts the logic of everyday life, and acts as a mental lift. — An ever-expanding and of various cards: sidenotes, footnotes, event titles, project ideas, methods, and so on. Printed on offset paper, 8.5×5.5cm. 2018—Ongoing

Pages

Pages

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Pages” series. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 29,7 × 40 cm. 2022—Ongoing. — Individual sheets with drawings, silhouettes of parts of figures or unrecognizable objects imprinted on them as if faded in the sunlight. Random signatures on the sheets look as if they were arranged on the layout of the book, but on the other hand, they are enlarged fragments of chalkboards.

Signs II

Signs II

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Signs” series, 2023. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Signs I

Signs I

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Signs” series, 2023. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

ATLAS 21.22.23

ATLAS 21.22.23

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“ATLAS 21.22.23” cycle, 120 sheets. Layers of black matte cardboard, chalk, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing, floating support, 29,7×40cm. 2022—On Going.

Spaces, Rooms, Halls, 1—360

Spaces, Rooms, Halls, 1—360

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A series of 360 pseudo-photographs documenting the life and work of some university, school, or laboratory. In some halls concerts are held, somewhere we see training and practice of particle studies, somewhere we see drawing classes. Already familiar to you from other sections of the site — Relative Explanation classes with walls covered with formulas and scientific notation. In some shots, we can notice outdated computers of unrealistically large size. The busy life of the center in the dark, somewhat uncomfortable photos reminds us of a foggy memory space. — A set of 360 cards, 300 gsm², 21×15 cm. 2022

Document Arrangements

Document Arrangements

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Layers of black matte cardboard, chalk, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing, black staples. 2021—2022. Published by Anthropogenic Markers: Stratigraphy and Context, by Max Planck Institute and Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Flakes, 61–90

Flakes, 61–90

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Flakes” series, 2019—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, white gel ink, black and white staples, hand-torn and machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Flakes, 31–60

Flakes, 31–60

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Flakes” series, 2019—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, white gel ink, black and white staples, hand-torn and machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Pages, Schemes

Pages, Schemes

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Pages” series. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 29,7 × 40 cm. 2022—Ongoing. — Individual sheets with drawings, silhouettes of parts of figures or unrecognizable objects imprinted on them as if faded in the sunlight. Random signatures on the sheets look as if they were arranged on the layout of the book, but on the other hand, they are enlarged fragments of chalkboards.

Flakes, 1–30

Flakes, 1–30

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“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Flakes” series, 2019—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, white gel ink, black and white staples, hand-torn and machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Canvas Documents, 1–39

Canvas Documents, 1–39

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Soft, cloth documents folded several times, as if some kind of record. Stapled in sets, separate sheets, tables or records, charts or sketches. —  “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Canvas Documents” series, 2022—Ongoing. Black primed canvas, white chalk, white ink, white pencil, staples, various sizes

Neuroscope, 1—150

Neuroscope, 1—150

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“Caviar on the cotton moss garden”, “The pattern of hairy dots covered with stripes smoky”, “Forest octopuses with hairy berries” and other materials that would make sense in post-physical virtual experiences of the future humans. Some of them look very physical, other materials become landscapes, enlarged pores, and surfaces of digital concepts revealed with neural text-to-image algorithms. — Set of 300 unique images made with text-to-image generation algorithm. The printed edition: 300 gsm², 10×15 cm. 2021—2022.

Contours

Contours

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This series combines elements reminiscent of scientific diagrams and cave paintings, with black cardboard cutouts hung on the wall like an unstable breathing collection of insects. Linear cutouts articulate the ephemeral nature of arranged and documented reasonings, torned off the surface of someones notepad. Through layered and sometimes recognizable motifs, the infinite composition of the material manifests a visionary perspective of a cloud-shaped arrangement of thoughts. — “Visual Dyslexia” and “Flakes” cycles. 2020—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, pins. The site-specific arrangement.

Flakes, Hands

Flakes, Hands

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“Flakes” series, 2019—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, white gel ink, black and white staples, hand-torn and machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Flakes, Small

Flakes, Small

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The sheets of paper are irregularly shaped. The paper is dark in color, covered with fragments of symbols and drawings of different shapes and subjects.

Total Timeline Drawings

Total Timeline Drawings

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We tend to think the moment is almost invisible by the common human perception of time because of the tiny amount of space it’s taking on a timeline. Therefore, our culture is often split in half by the question: should we rely on the moment or not, if it’s that notably small? By combining the ‘Mapping of the Emptiness’ and ‘Relative Explanations’ methods, daily used in the Inner School of Open Studies, we can zoom in and freeze one random moment for a few days. Probably, it will allow us to make some assumptions about what is happening between of reaching and leaving the moment. — “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Total Timeline” series. 12 pieces. Black paperboard, white chalk, white gel ink, 50 × 70 cm. 2018.

Schematic Slideshow

Schematic Slideshow

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A light installation in the form of a scheme-explanation made on three sheets of paper and overlapping projection. A beam of light highlights a particular fragment of the surface, revealing, like a method of footnotes in the margins, the details hidden in the drawing. Randomness is inherent in the behavior of the catching light, leading the attention from element to element. — Projection, black paperboard, white ink. 2017. Various sizes.

Queens and Princes

Queens and Princes

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A video-based fairytale. In February 2020 I wrote this fairytale as a reaction to whatever was happening out there. Later, during the springtime lockdown, I came up with an idea of a migrating audio-visual show. You know, we all remember those days, when all the activities happened to be only online. The main idea was to show this tale only for 24 hours on cultural institutions Instagram accounts. My friend and musician Dima Ustinov created a special soundtrack for each of the 22 pieces of the tale.

From Cave to Starship

From Cave to Starship

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…The past is changing more often than the way we perceive it. The illusion that our world is static supported in the XX century by museums and historians who dig through the ashes of civilisations can no longer stand up to the challenges of today.

Wave Structures Album

Wave Structures Album

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A 12-page album devoted to the documentation and description of the individual parts of the wave, the dynamics of development, some patterns of directional change and fragility. The notes around the edges of the sheet make it difficult to make a thorough guess as to what specific type of wave this wave is, what you need to know about it, and how to treat it. — Black matte drawing pad, white gel ink, 29,7×42 cm. 2017.

Ocean Of Memory, Cards

Ocean Of Memory, Cards

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One day the boundary of the corporeal will end and everything will disintegrate into pure energy. Only one single ocean will remain of the Earth, shimmering with waves of former flesh. Only a few birds will survive, freed from the carcasses of their cells, but not the memory cells of human language. They will fly endlessly over the surface of the ocean to find, unsuccessfully, an island on which they can rest… / Set of 300 cards rhymed together. 2019

Particle Studies

Particle Studies

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If you look hard enough and long enough, you can even see with the naked eye how tiny neutrino particles pass through space, planets, and even ourselves. For the added pleasure of observing this effect, the School has created several volumetric models covered with particles. — Multidisciplinary on-going project. 2016—On-going

Notebooks of Relations

Notebooks of Relations

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…a profound exploration of speculative models, realized through a series of hundreds of small intuitive schematic drawings. Through the process of sketching, the elusive point of emptiness, the delicate frame of the moment, and the naive map depicted. These set of dozens of drawings serve as a gateway to understanding the intricate ways in which these ephemeral concepts can manifested and formalized.

— “Relative Explanations” cycle. “Notebooks of Relations” series, 6 (9) topics, 2018—2020. White offset paper 80gms², acrylic ink, gel ink, LaserJet print, a set of 240 unique drawings, bound in 4 books, 15 × 21 cm

Total Timeline, Description

Total Timeline, Description

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