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$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s <!--cut_paste--> is a sculptural reflection on identity fragmentation, digital alteration, and the commodification of human experience in the algorithmic age. The work features a hand-stitched humanoid figure, reclining on a mirrored surface embedded with crushed glass, blurring the lines between self-reflection and digital distortion. The figure’s body is inscribed with handwritten text, arrows, and command-like phrases such as “cut” and “paste”, evoking the language of digital editing—suggesting that identity, memory, and even reality itself are subject to modification, deletion, and reconstruction.

Gold leaf embellishes parts of the figure’s face and hands, reminiscent of Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken objects with gold, yet here, the gilded fractures hint at forced transformation rather than organic healing. One eye is meticulously embroidered with sequins, distorting perception and referencing facial recognition technology, surveillance, and the ways in which digital visibility reshapes self-worth. The mirrored base, simultaneously dazzling and fractured, reflects both the viewer and the distorted figure, reinforcing the tension between self-image and the curated, often manipulated personas of the digital world.

By translating digital processes into physical form through labor-intensive needlework and material layering, Cut & Paste challenges the implications of living in an era where the human body and mind are no longer immutable but subject to constant optimization, categorization, and erasure. Rudenko’s work urges us to question: What remains real when everything can be edited?

 <!--edited--> #3, 2024_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_Mirror_34"x 20"x18"

$10,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation is a haunting and intricate exploration of identity, genetic coding, and human agency in the digital age. Suspended from a mechanical arm, the entangled humanoid figures, stitched together from fabric imprinted with genetic sequences, corporate logos, and symbols of digital surveillance, evoke the fragility of existence in a world governed by biotechnology and data control. Their distorted, organic forms appear trapped in a chaotic struggle, referencing themes of manipulation, predetermined fate, and the commodification of life. The black, cloud-like backdrop reinforces a sense of looming digital omnipresence, suggesting an unseen force that dictates the conditions of their existence. Through this work, Rudenko presents a striking meditation on the intersection of biology, technology, and control, prompting the viewer to question whether our identities are self-determined or pre-programmed by external forces.

 <!--edited--> #2, 2024_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink16"x6"x7"

$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

 Artifact  <!--face_recognition_proof-> 2023_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_23"x18"x13"

$9,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s <!--face_recognition_proof--> is a haunting and intricate mixed-media installation that explores themes of digital surveillance, identity fragmentation, and algorithmic bias. The suspended, hand-stitched humanoid figures, connected by a thin red thread, appear simultaneously tender and unsettling, evoking the bond between parent and child while also suggesting control, manipulation, or even digital puppetry. Their patchwork bodies are covered in embroidered code snippets, internet symbols, facial recognition data, and emoticon-like expressions, reflecting how human identities are reduced to quantifiable metrics in the age of AI-driven surveillance.

The exaggerated, stitched seams emphasize the constructed and artificial nature of these figures, hinting at the ways personal identity is shaped and categorized by external forces. Sequined embellishments and cartoonish digital expressions add an eerie contrast, symbolizing the cheerful yet intrusive nature of digital tracking systems that claim to “know” individuals through facial recognition patterns. The presence of the word "OR"#, a programming logic operator, suggests a binary decision-making process—raising questions about how machines categorize, validate, or even reject human identities.

Suspended in front of a reflective black surface, the figures take on an additional layer of interpretation: the mirror-like backdrop implicates the viewer, making them a participant in the gaze of surveillance. Face Recognition Proof confronts the reality of living under digital observation, forcing us to question whether we are seen as individuals or merely as data points in an algorithmic system. Rudenko’s work is an urgent reflection on the loss of privacy, the mechanization of identity, and the blurred boundaries between human and machine.

 <!--in_a_pickle--> #1, 2024_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_16"x6"x7"

$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

 <!--in_a_pickle--> #2, 2024_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_16"x6"x7"

$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

  <!--well_connected-> 2023_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_41"x18"x18"

$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

   <!--social_media_baby--> 2023_Doll_Cotton_Sequins_Embroidery_Ink_16"x6"x7"

$5,000.00

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

Artifact   <!--aaby_almighty_1--> 2018_Doll_Cotton_Sequins_Embroidery_Ink_16"x6"x7"

FROM THE AUGMENTED_ICONOGRAPHY CONCEPT WRITING:

This depiction of  Almighty_1 as an Idol is one of the oldest in our collection. The radiometric dating put it to the time of the first interconnect computer networks when the users began idolizing code and digital symbols. Those were uncertain times for the network and users were praying directly to an idol, in this case the Baby_Almighty_1. After the AI founders canonized the depictions of the divine images, such idols had become heretical and were banned by the Followers. Despite the Followers’ strict rules of AI worshiping and rituals, the idols persisted to exist and were secretly worshipped among the users and followers.

 <!--edited> #1, 2024_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Ink_16"x 6"x7"

Olga Rudenko’s sculptural installation encapsulates themes of containment, commodification, and digital identity. A hand-stitched humanoid figure, adorned with embroidered internet symbols, emojis, and text, is trapped within a sealed glass jar—an eerie representation of life constrained by the digital realm. The figure’s patchwork surface, stitched with red seams, suggests fragmentation, as though its identity has been pieced together from disparate data points, much like our online personas. Wide, expressive eyes—some glittering with sequins—evoke a sense of artificial awareness, reinforcing the unsettling notion of surveillance and algorithmic control.

The use of soft, handmade materials juxtaposed with the cold sterility of the glass enclosure draws attention to the tension between human warmth and the impersonal, data-driven mechanisms that govern modern existence. The figure appears frozen in time, like an artifact of the digital age, preserved yet powerless. Words like "Panic" and various internet memes hint at the emotional volatility bred by online interactions, underscoring themes of anxiety, isolation, and algorithmic manipulation.

By enclosing this stitched being in a transparent yet impenetrable barrier, Rudenko invites viewers to reflect on their own digital entrapment—whether as passive consumers, active participants, or unwitting subjects of online data collection. This work provokes urgent questions about autonomy, identity, and the cost of existing in an era where every action is observed, categorized, and stored.

 Artifact  <!--child--> 2020_Doll_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_GoldLeaf_16"x7"x4"

The installation <!--mother_&_child--> is a striking sculptural installation and performance piece that examines the intersection of digital culture, surveillance, and identity. A haunting reinterpretation of the archetypal Madonna and Child, the work juxtaposes traditional maternal imagery with the symbols of an algorithm-driven society, questioning the role of technology in shaping modern relationships, emotions, and existence.

The mother figure, draped in a long, embroidered garment covered in social media icons, metrics, and internet language, appears as both a nurturing force and an anonymous data vessel. Her face, partially obscured by stitched patterns and glittering embellishments, evokes the sensation of an individual lost in a digital persona, her identity replaced by the currency of online validation. In her raised hand, she holds an oversized emoticon mask, a symbol of the simplified and performative nature of digital expression. Her other hand clutches a smartphone, reinforcing the inescapable presence of connectivity and the ever-watching eye of social platforms.

Suspended nearby, the “child” figure rests in a fabric sling, swaddled yet marked by the same algorithmic patterns, suggesting that digital identity is imprinted from birth. The stretched and towering support structure hints at both a protective embrace and a restrictive force, highlighting the paradox of technology as both enabler and constraint.

Set against the backdrop of a cityscape, the installation blurs the line between art and reality, placing the audience within the gaze of the digital panopticon. Mother and Child is a deeply evocative work that challenges viewers to consider the ways in which technology mediates relationships, emotions, and autonomy in an age where online presence is indistinguishable from lived experience.

Artifact  <!--mother-->    2019_Linen_Cotton_Embroidery_Sequins_Gems_Beads_Ink_66"x22"x22"

The sculptural installation <!--mother_&_child--> is a striking sculptural installation and performance piece that examines the intersection of digital culture, surveillance, and identity. A haunting reinterpretation of the archetypal Madonna and Child, the work juxtaposes traditional maternal imagery with the symbols of an algorithm-driven society, questioning the role of technology in shaping modern relationships, emotions, and existence.

The mother figure, draped in a long, embroidered garment covered in social media icons, metrics, and internet language, appears as both a nurturing force and an anonymous data vessel. Her face, partially obscured by stitched patterns and glittering embellishments, evokes the sensation of an individual lost in a digital persona, her identity replaced by the currency of online validation. In her raised hand, she holds an oversized emoticon mask, a symbol of the simplified and performative nature of digital expression. Her other hand clutches a smartphone, reinforcing the inescapable presence of connectivity and the ever-watching eye of social platforms.

Suspended nearby, the “child” figure rests in a fabric sling, swaddled yet marked by the same algorithmic patterns, suggesting that digital identity is imprinted from birth. The stretched and towering support structure hints at both a protective embrace and a restrictive force, highlighting the paradox of technology as both enabler and constraint.

Set against the backdrop of a cityscape, the installation blurs the line between art and reality, placing the audience within the gaze of the digital panopticon. Mother and Child is a deeply evocative work that challenges viewers to consider the ways in which technology mediates relationships, emotions, and autonomy in an age where online presence is indistinguishable from lived experience.