Beautiful Losers

The show draws inspiration from Leonard Cohen's 1966 novel, described as an extensive stream of consciousness, a fountain of human emotion, a voice of the hippie generation the author was a part of when living on the isle of Hydra. The concept explores how beautiful losers function in a love triangle, pray to a catholic saint of native Indian origin, and are eternal idealists perpetually on the quest to discover new forms of spirituality.

The exhibition features works from four artists and one collective, which combine to create an intellectual and visual collage touching on key themes from Cohen's novel. Using contemporary artistic methods, creators offer a modern take on escapism, micro religions, neo tribalism, escapism and a sort of shamanism.

Sam Balfus created VR-generated spiritual worlds; Zofia Pałucha produced color crayon drawings of post-humanist elders as hybrids of herbs and supercars; Aleksandra Liput crafted soft-sculpted installations resembling native Indian totems; Marcin Janusz explored bodily effects through abstract compositions; and Schwestern Sisters provided vaporwave video accompaniment to DJ Strahinja Arbutina's sonic backdrop.