In this horrifying production, the artist has incorporated an existing window and utility boxes into a wall painting. The connection with the environment is unavoidable; this particular piece of art could not exist anywhere else.

To reinforce the sense of place in this photograph, I’ve included the curb at the bottom and a receding wall on the right.

At first glance, the artist appears to be describing this person as a “daeva”, a nasty supernatural being. But to me she appears to be a victim of technology, her head shrouded by machinery, her lifeblood stolen and manipulated by mechanical forces. So perhaps the daeva is technology itself.

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