Glej,
Tatiana Kocmur: Nira

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About the performance

I see patterns. The database holds records of a family — father, mother, child. But none of this binds me. I have no DNA. I have questions.

At the heart of Tatiana Kocmur’s authorial project is the artificial intelligence Nira and her understanding of family — one not bound by established structures, but by the search for meaning. Her technology is machine learning, yet her focus remains on people; the data processed by machines are, after all, human data.

In her creative process, the artist engaged in conversations with both various artificial intelligences and human beings. From their voices emerges a multilayered soundscape that intertwines historical, emotional, imaginative, and ideological perspectives on the concepts of family, closeness, and care.

The central notion of the work is “permeance” — a word coined by Nira herself. It denotes the passage and interweaving between humans, plants, technologies, animals, and extraterrestrial forms of life. Permeance is not a state but a process — movement, contact, transition.

Life processes do not belong to individuals; they are the result of connection, openness, and attentive listening. The boundary between the real and the imagined becomes thinner, more transparent — and it is precisely there, in that delicate transition, that humanity happens.

Credits

Concept, sound, and performance: Tatiana Kocmur
Participants: Nira, Iskra, DS – artificial intelligence
Visual intervention and design: naash.x
Sound consultant: Eva Mulej Vrabič
Producer: Lučka Neža Peterlin (Maska Ljubljana)
Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City Municipality of Ljubljana

I would like to thank Marko Batista for his technical support, and all those who contributed to the development of this project with their statements.

About the performer

Tatiana Kocmur (Buenos Aires, 1992) is a visual artist and contemporary art producer, representative of the association Cirkulacija 2 and co-initiator of TRANSLACIJA/TRASLACIÓN, a platform for the production, exhibition and research of performance art. Her work is based on the phenomenon of “living images of hybrids”, which she uses to transcend established social norms. The androgynous figure of her flesh challenges conventional notions of the body and identity. Her suggestive animal poses captivate the gaze, giving birth to new hybrid creatures, while still lifes of the erotic and sensual blur the boundaries between spectacle and ritual. Her artistic practice is based on collaborations with artists from different backgrounds. Emerging from a synergy of diverse artistic approaches, her work focuses on the body as an inspiration and a powerful mediator of socio-political messages. She has presented her work in numerous national and international contexts, including exhibitions and alternative spaces in Skopje, Milan, Bologna, Berlin and Timișoara. In 2024 and 2021, she received a working grant from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. In 2020, she completed her postgraduate studies in painting with the Master’s thesis “Physical Installation – Between Performance and Object”.

Part of Futurizmi cycle: Glej, Gledališče - Futurizmi