08.2024
«Ideological Blindness» and «The Power Vertical»

Performed by Vladyslav Bokachov and directed by Aljoscha at the National Circus of Ukraine, Kyiv.

Vladyslav Bokachov's first performance delved into the cyclical nature of humanity's regression from one ideological myopia to an even more pernicious one. This phenomenon, exacerbated by our inherent cognitive and biological constraints, manifests as a euphoric yet delusive process of synaptic oversimplification. This neural reductionism, in turn, engenders a pervasive sense of existential dissatisfaction and latent aggression.

The second piece was conceived as a critique of the governmental "power vertical," satirically depicting it as a farcical ideological "perpetuum mobile." In this paradigm, individuals, reduced to the status of a "new oil," find themselves condemned to elect leaders who are equally afflicted by ideological blindness.