Dictator Kitty
Maria Volokhova
Installation
from 25th November ongoing
FInissage 2025 January 16 from 6pm
Swimming Pool Studio
Brunnenstr. /Ecke Demminer Str.
13355 Berlin Wedding
U8 Voltastraße
The installation shows fascinating figures: glowing cats that embody chaos, mischief and the darker aspects of human nature. In literature and folklore, black cats represent misfortune or superstition, independence and mystery.
The exhibition invites us to question our understanding of authority and its absurdities. Are we mere spectators in a world governed by capricious forces, or do we have the power to shape our own reality?
BEHEMOTH the Dictator Cat
The black cat is an archetypal symbol associated in many cultures with magic, darkness and the unknown. BEHEMOTH is both a demonic apparition and a caricature that questions our relationship to power and chaos.
In the Old Testament, Behemoth is described as a gigantic, imperturbable creature – a symbol of divine power, chaos and the mystery of creation.
In Bulgakov's novel “The Master and Margarita”, Behemoth takes the form of a black cat who appears as the companion of the devil Roland in a surreal Russian Moscow scenario. He has a humorous but also menacing character who embodies chaos and the play with the supernatural, uncontrollable power that marks the boundary between reality and fiction, good and evil.
This exhibition is curated by Wodkasoda Studio (Giancarlo Genovese & Laura Leo) and Karin Kruse with the support of Kiosque Berlin Agentur.