MeetFactory, o. p. s.
Ke Sklárně 3213/15
150 00 Praha 5
GPS:
50.053653
14.408441
Opening hours:
13:00 to 20:00 + based on evening program
Mark Cinkevich (b. 1994) is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of media and infrastructure. He examines how visual and surveillance technologies shape perception and enforce control. His work focuses in particular on post-Soviet contexts, exploring how power operates through infrastructure and logistics, as well as through images and data. In his practice, he combines critical research and OSINT with CGI and experimental moving images to uncover systems designed to stay hidden.
Date of residency: 1. 8. – 31. 8. 2025
RESIDENCY PROJECT
His project investigates the concept of the nonbattle image, as articulated by Jussi Parikka, which explores how military power operates in the absence of direct conflict. Focusing on Belarus, his research examines how visual and algorithmic technologies are used by the state to maintain and expand control—particularly in the aftermath of the contested 2020 presidential elections and the mass protests that followed.
He analyzes infrastructures such as surveillance systems, internet shutdowns, algorithmic profiling of citizens, and state-run digital archives to understand their role in algorithmic governance and warfare. His creative process combines critical analysis with speculative storytelling, and he incorporates OSINT (open-source intelligence) methodologies as part of his research approach.
By tracing Belarus's shifting political and infrastructural landscape amid growing militarization, his project seeks to expose how such systems of militarized anticipation shape state power and control. During the residency, his aim is to develop a visual and narrative framework to map, highlight, and critically engage with these mechanisms.
EDUCATION
Currently PhD student at the University of Warsaw – Poland
MA in Area Studies from University of Helsinki – Finland
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Twelve Ten Gallery – Chicago, United States of America
2025 Off Biennale Budapest – Budapest, Hungary
2024 Bienal Contemporánea TEA 2024 – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2024 Really? Art and Knowledge in Time of Crisis – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 Onset, Aksioma – Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023 New Visions,The Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media – Oslo, Norway
All information is valid as of 1 August 2025