Alexandra Dementieva at Inda Gallery

4 February – 11 March 2026, Budapest, Hungary

We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by CYLAND artist and curator Alexandra Dementieva, featuring the work Chronoscape (supported by CYLAND MediArtLab), presented at Inda Gallery in Budapest.

THE TIME OF THE TOTEM OR MESSAGES FROM AN EXTENDED PRESENT

A Selection of Works by Alexandra Dementieva

Be it a sculpture proposing alternative modes of communication, an installation merging the traditional aesthetics and tactility of wall tapestries with augmented reality (AR), or a recyclable LED-panel work dissolving national borders from the distant perspective of the International Space Station, the works presented in Budapest explore communication, representation, meaning, and interaction—within specific cultures and societies, across historical periods, and even between universes.

All works maintain a close relationship with traditional media such as sculpture, tapestry, panel painting, film, and video. Rather than treating digital technologies as experimental novelties, Dementieva integrates them as naturally established visualization tools—employed as a next level of representation.

Several works actively invite audience participation. Messages embedded in the Missive tapestry series can be decoded using a mobile application, while in Chronoscape the viewer becomes an agent: their presence accelerates time until their image fragments and ultimately disappears. Addressing fundamental questions of existence and survival, the exhibition balances scientific and philosophical inquiry with elegant irony and subtle humour.

Born and raised in the Soviet Union and living in Belgium since the late 1980s, Dementieva grew up near Moscow under the influence of her biochemist grandfather. From an early age, her worldview was shaped by natural sciences and ecology, experienced as an interconnected system of science, society, and environment. This perspective continues to inform her artistic and curatorial practice, which spans numerous countries. She is one of the founders of the iMAL media and digital arts centre in Brussels (1999).

Most of the works presented across the four spaces of Inda Gallery have been widely exhibited internationally, including in New York, Paris, Mexico City, and Montreuil in 2025 alone. As a curator, her recent projects include Symbiosis: Art in the Age of AI at the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery in New York (January–March 2025), reviewed by Artforum. She is also a regular participant in international digital art festivals and conferences and organizes a monthly art-movie presentation in Brussels.

Inda Gallery

On view: 4 February – 11 March 2026

Opening hours: Tuesday–Friday, 2:00–6:00 pm

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