During his residency in Prague, Jānis has developed a networked installation using 3D stereoscopic projections and spatial sound combined with live improvised performance. The large-scale abstract landscapes generated from juxtaposed value relationships of financial tokens, meant to literally immerse the viewer, are generated from publicly available data from online cryptocurrency exchanges. In this way, the artist critically reflects on the gamblification and gamification tendencies in global economic processes, which are increasingly concerned with intangible assets and, in his view, embody the zeitgeist and the process of transformation from a market economy society to a market value society.

During the course of the Re-connect Art festival Jānis will also give a lecture about the multiplex role of representation of data, during which he will explain the informative, explorative as well as manipulative data use in visual commercial communication, politics, economy and other sectors.

Jānis Garančs’ residency project is supported by the European Fund for Emerging Artists - EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union.