Materials: Glossy white plastic Plexiglas, anthracite; author's technique
time files C6
Unique science art project that combines geology, archetypes of information architecture and its perception to engage modern audiences in the study of Earth's history. The project explores the parallels between how the Earth "records" its history in geological layers and how humanity records information - in tables, graphs, diagrams, texts, codes, and other formalized structures. This informative and spectacular project demonstrates that geology itself is an ancient "data archive" that reveals large-scale processes influencing life on the planet.
The Time Files project combines universal forms of information transmission, such as, for example: tables, graphs, text blocks, headings, diagrams, waves, and many others - with geological imagery, opening the door to a vision of Earth's history as a process of reading and decoding. Just as scientists use diagrams and seismic curves to decipher the structure of the earth's crust, the artist transforms the same structures into a language - not scientific, but metaphorical and aesthetic. Here, universal information patterns act as symbols of cultural memory. Tables and graphs become something more than simple data carriers, they become the emblems of humanity's quest to bring order to chaos. And they level all languages and cultures because they appeal to a pre-linguistic, visual perception of structure and rhythm. For example: the wave is simultaneously a mathematical function, a sea pulsation, and a seismic impulse; a diagram is both a scientific formalization and humanity's most ancient attempt to capture natural patterns.
Natural "Data Archive"
Geology in the project acts as a medium between time and material. Sedimentary layers become a metaphor for a multi-layered text, in which each line is the trace of a climate catastrophe, a biological explosion, or, conversely, an era of calm and prosperity. The exhibition presents geology as an archive, a vast library of the Earth, where each rock corresponds to a paragraph, and each fault a dramatic turn in the narrative. This creates the feeling that we are reading not just a scientific report, but a planetary epic opus, written over billions of years. Visual data structures are intertwined with geological imagery, simultaneously demonstrating two dimensions of knowledge: precise and poetic. Scientific templates act as a framework that gives form to experience, while geological motifs add physicality and the weight of time. Together, they create a new way of speaking about the Earth - not just as an object of research, but as a partner in dialogue, an interlocutor who responds to us with its rocks, waves, and graphs imprinted in the depths of the planet.
Perception intuitively grasps basic organizational principles, allowing people to navigate and interpret complex structures with surprising ease. The interaction of lines, shapes, and patterns in information archetypes stimulates associative processes, evoking a sense of recognition and coherence. This innate connection between the mind and structured order suggests an internal logic by which the brain organically weaves disparate elements into a coherent whole. The harmonious interaction of the mind and patterns of information architecture catalyzes the development of civilization and technology. Its impact on user experience, creativity, and cognitive potential has ushered in a new era of progress and innovation.
Information Architecture
Time Files is a series of installations that embodies the concept of perfect simplicity, conceptual hyper minimalism: some of these artworks represent templates of anthracite structures of various sizes on minimalistic white glossy surfaces. They become a symbol of the message that overcomes the time and each viewer can "read" it, regardless of the language of communication and cultural context. Artist works with fragments of anthracite in a certain way, forming specific "messages". Each fragment is the remnant of fossilized 300-400 million years ago forests. Anthracite is 98% carbon, which is the basis of organic chemistry and is the fourth most abundant element in the universe. Diamonds are also formed from carbon under extreme pressure and high temperatures, when carbon atoms align themselves into a unique crystalline lattice. In nature, this process occurs deep within the Earth at a depth of around 200 km under a pressure of approximately 50,000 atmospheres.
Turning the fragments of coal, as well as other interesting materials, into elements that form letters and words, numbers and proportions, creating anthracite "texts" and "tables," the exhibition emphasizes the communicative value of our environment and invites us to immerse ourselves in the exploration that recreates the uncanny experience of navigating through the labyrinth of time's filing system: as if the Earth itselfs speaks to the viewers through time, telling its story, and spectator can perceive this precious information. The project reminds us that Earth's history is not only a subject of scientific analysis but also a space for cultural imagination, where any language, be it mathematical formula or artistic metaphor, seeks to express the same thing - the desire to understand humanity's place in this deep, fluid, exciting and beautiful time of the planet.
Time files C6 work in progress:
The artist, like a jeweler, works with a palette of sizes of anthracite fragments, forming archetypal patterns of informational messages. Each fragment is a remnant of forests fossilized 300-400 million years ago - this is a metaphor for the files of information from the archives of our planet's memory, telling us the story of the transformation of life.
Evgenius Syn works in his studio:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
VOLTA BASEL Art Fair
VOLTA ART FAIR, BASEL, SWITZERLAND
VOLTA BASEL Art Fair is one of the biggest worlds international art fairs in Switzerland. VOLTA began in 2005 and became a key player in the Basel art scene for connecting engaged collectors with international artists and their works, creating a proper environment for this connection. The fair was established with the intention of providing a foundational platform for dynamic galleries and artists seeking participation in the art world’s major events. At the art fair Evgenius Syn has presented the artworks form his series Time Files / Anthracite C6.
DREAM CATCHER II Art Festival
BLACK SQUARE GALLERY, MIAMI, USA
Dream Catcher II is an annual festival which takes place at Black Square Gallery in Miami, USA. The festival was founded in 2010 by Black Square Gallery team to represent selected artists from around the world to collectors, critics and all art lovers who come to Miami for Art Basel Miami Week. Dream Catcher's list of participants is not the result of a competition or open call. The festival team invites the artists they collaborated already with in frames of the previous exhibitions, fairs and art festivals. Dream Catcher's program includes the presentation of two artworks by Evgenius Syn from the series Anthracite / X - Files.
