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On August 28, at the Cistern x T-Bank space, the exhibition “Subtle Matters” by the international artist collective media.tribe and its founder Sasha Kodjo opened.
At the core of the exhibition is an attempt by the artists to describe the creative process of making a work through sensations that cannot be invented or engineered—they can only be found. The exhibition’s concept revolves around the idea of a common space shaped by the cultural and informational field and accessible to everyone—regardless of language, experience, or affiliation. Within it, feelings, states, and experiences function as matter.
The exhibition’s architecture is structured as a system of parallel spaces, and each installation is physically divided into two sections. As viewers move between them, they encounter multiple perspectives, angles, and states of perception. Through the physical organization of space, the artists seek to convey a bodily experience of how the sensory field is arranged—and how it relates to our material world.
As part of the exhibition, the artists present three large-scale works: the kinetic laser sculpture Subspaces and two audiovisual installations—REFRACTIONS.4 and MIMIC_inversed. Each offers its own way of correlating the sensory and the material, allowing viewers to physically feel the difference between what is seen and what is sensed.
Sasha Kodjo – Subscapes (kinetic laser sculpture)
Subscapes is a light installation that creates fragile, crystalline structures in the air. Laser beams form a fluid architecture that emerges through interaction with the surrounding space. The architecture of the hall becomes an integral part of the composition, amplifying the sense of presence.
Light, movement, and sound work together to create a feeling of density and materiality in what is, in essence, immaterial. The installation seems to project an intangible structure onto reality.
media.tribe – REFRACTIONS.4 (audiovisual installation)
In REFRACTIONS.4, the light source is concealed. The viewer has access only to its traces—refractions arising within semi-transparent sheets of polycarbonate. The space is filled with glints, shadows, and reflections, yet what generates them remains beyond the visible.
The installation unfolds on two levels and does not reveal itself at once. It requires movement, observation, and changing vantage points. As the viewer moves, the landscape of light shifts—the structure of refractions responds to the point of view, underscoring that perception is always subjective and fragmentary.
media.tribe – MIMIC_inversed (audiovisual installation)
MIMIC is built on the principle of symmetry. The installation is divided into two identical spaces: one is accessible to the viewer, the other is not. The boundary between them is physical yet transparent. The viewer observes a reflected version of the space they occupy, as if seeing themselves on the other side, in a world that cannot be entered. This double space functions as a visual portal. It mirrors form and activates a sensation of passage—as though the viewer’s perception slides between two worlds, present in both at once.
All three installations offer ways of navigating a shared sensory field. In working with them, the artists move blindly: testing, tuning, changing, searching for those very condensations of matter—points of coincidence—where form, sensation, and rhythm converge. Through light, sound, and rhythm, they enable others to feel the same.
The exhibition is open through October 12, 2025