Description
Thermika Encyclopedia (“Thermika” as a symbol of heat and energy) is an innovative and unique collection, a work that curates verbal and visual values, forming a poetic metaphor for the worldview of the artist, Keren Russo. Through concepts drawn from the fields of psychology, philosophy, criminology, music, mysticism, and popular culture, the encyclopedia broadens familiar concepts and redefines them. Reading the Thermika Encyclopedia is a journey into the dark world of the collective subconscious that transcends cultures and time periods: the aesthetics of murder, the artist as a criminal, the pyromaniac driven by sexual impulses, the erotics of crime. It is also a journey through the terrifying forces of familiar nature and mythology.
