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DE-ALGO ID #01000110
De-Algorithmized Identity No. 01000110

by Igor Štromajer
[test exhibition]
📍 forest
8-28 February 2026

[TikTok video]

Forest Intervention

Location & Context: The exhibition is situated deep within a forest, positioned at one of the rotating axis of Europe, where human presence is rare to non-existent, characterized by a lack of infrastructure, the absence of maintained paths, and an a-semiotic indifference to human-centric art protocols.

The Object: The central element is a de-digitalized sculptural installation derived from Štromajer‘s social media profile picture. Since 2014, he has used various iterations of the same profile image across all his social media accounts.

– Materiality: The image has been translated into a sculpture, a three-dimensional, analog form using industrial materials.

– Scale: The proportions are calibrated to exist in a 1:1 ratio with the surrounding environment, ensuring the object integrates into the forest landscape rather than dominating it.

Timing: The timing, February, is critical. The transitional state of the flora, the cold atmosphere, and the lingering patches of snow among the mud and dampness provide a neutral, non-decorative backdrop. Rather than standing in contrast to its surroundings, the object integrates into this grey light and saturation. It dissolves into the void of the late-winter forest, becoming a seamless part of the landscape’s stillness and material weight.

Spatial Configuration

– Placement: The sculpture is positioned within a cluster of non-human entities and indifferent, non-artistic matter (trees, rocks, undergrowth). Its placement mimics the formal logic of an exhibition space but is fundamentally devoid of any artistic infrastructure. To the forest, Štromajer‘s sculpture is not a work of art, but merely another object with a specific mass and temperature. A tree does not touch it with admiration, it rubs against it simply because it occupies space. Indifferent matter does not attempt to read the sculpture. To a rock, this object means nothing. This silence, this total unresponsiveness of the environment to artistic intent, is what definitively de-digitalizes the sculpture. When matter is indifferent, the object finally becomes autonomous. It no longer needs to perform. In a gallery, the object is a slave to the visitor’s gaze. In an indifferent forest, it simply is.

– Access: There are no markers, signs, or directions provided.

– Absence of Protocol: The exhibition does not have an opening or a designated viewing protocol for human visitors, nor does it provide one for non-human entities. It does not seek an audience, it merely occupies space.

Non-Human Interaction

The exhibition is structured to exist primarily for the environment, without the requirement of being seen.

– Analog Persistence: The object exists in a state of total disconnect from the human feedback loop. It stands as a physical remainder of a digital identity that has ceased to transmit, in a space that no longer requires interpretation.

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