Aristarkh Chernyshev

In the era of hyperconsumerism the old slogan ‘Work, consume, die!’ acquires new connotations.

After reaching a peak of development every civilisation inevitably moves towards decline. The ‘golden age’ of the civilisation of overconsumption may end in global catastrophe.

Disposable goods fill supermarket shelves and the number of cheap products made from synthetic materials is off the scale, creating problems with waste recycling, air pollution, soil, water and oceans all over the world and ultimately leading to global climate change, the disappearance of entire species of animals and plants.

Just sorting waste is no longer enough, we have to change the basic principles by which our economy and society function.

I don’t have an answer to the question of how this can be done. As an artist I can only aestheticise the problem, by ensuring that these images constantly haunt people, even in the places where they seek aesthetic pleasure.