A long-standing interest in my work is tracing the harmful power dynamics encoded onto marginalized bodies by juxtapositioning traditional and digital systems of control. My practice is rooted in performance, however it expands beyond the physical into multimedia. Inspired by the lived experience of oppressive traditional systems in Balkan, I am committed to understand how the forced normativity present in folk forms evolves and morphs in order to ensure its existence within digital systems. Torn between Western and Eastern cultural influences, I use my body as a vessel between visibly violent gestures of tradition and imperceptible violence of digital.

The driving force in my work comes from the belief that digital systems of control are often reconfigurations of existing traditional forms assimilating to the new context. The key to unlocking this connection is tracing how the symptoms of power are coded onto bodies. Thus, through my body and identity, I aim to demystify the complexities of power structures, rebalancing the power dynamic by displacing them in absurdist scenarios.

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