reflective red sphere suspends from century-old tree in gregory orekhov’s land art installation

Gravity by Gregory Orekhov visualizes world’s uncertainty

In Gregory Orekhov’s site-specific land art installation, Gravity, the landscape becomes a space in which the condition of the world becomes visible. The red sphere, originally associated with the ritual of celebration and the expectation of magic, is stripped of its function and returned to the landscape as a heavy, vulnerable form without foundation. Suspended by a hemp rope from a bare century-old tree, the object exists between ground and space; neither in fall nor at rest, but in a prolonged state of uncertainty. This is not balance, but resistance to the force of gravity. The video shifts the object from linear movement into oscillation, where no trajectory alters the initial condition.

all images by Nikita Subbotin – Studiolandon

Gravity installation records a state of ongoing instability

Dragging across the ground gives way to swinging in space, yet none of these forms becomes an exit. The human figure and the object remain bound by a shared dependence on gravity, holding them together. The red color of the sphere does not function as a decorative accent. It becomes a dense visual mass in which traces of violence, loss, and historical memory converge. The color ceases to signify celebration and begins to operate as a symptom of a time in which the tragic becomes part of the everyday background. For artist Gregory Orekhov, nature in this project does not act as a space of harmony. The tree neither saves nor supports; it merely allows the object to exist, becoming a silent witness to what unfolds. This work records a condition of the world that continues to exist without foundation and without outcome.

project info:

name: Gravity

artist: Gregory Orekhov | @gregory.orekhov 

photographer, videographer: Nikita Subbotin – Studiolandon | @studiolandon

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