Mark Cinkevich

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. 10. 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