65 BRUSHES
Art as Tool
Concept
65 Brushes. Art as Tool is an ongoing project that combines installation, live performance, and participative format.
The project explores art not only as an object to observe, but also as a tool for attention and interaction. The brushes exist simultaneously as artworks and working instruments activating encounters between people, material, and space.
Through repetitive actions, live sessions, and direct participation, the observer gradually becomes part of the work itself.
The tools are made with natural materials and each brush creates a unique gesture that cannot be repeated in the same way twice. Over time, these gestures form a growing archive of traces, movements, interactions, and collective experiences.
65 Brushes. Art as Tool continues through intimate studio sessions, live performances, exhibitions, and site-specific formats.
Process
Nature as inspiration. The brushes are made with elements gathered from the forest or by the river. Back in the studio, these pieces are combined based on the possibilities of the materials.
Each brush has a different structure, texture, and balance. They react differently through movement and contact with the paper surface.
Making these tools became a repetitive process in itself. Cutting, sanding, binding, testing, rebuilding. Over weeks and months, the collection slowly grew into both a working archive and a performative installation.
Live Format
The project unfolds through live sessions where installation, movement, observation, and interaction exist together in the same space.
The first live sessions took place in my studio in April 2026. It was a solo exhibition combining installation, performance, conversation, and direct viewer participation. The audience was intentionally small, which helped preserve an intimate, focused atmosphere. The studio itself became part of the installation: tools, materials, surfaces, and unfinished processes remained visible and accessible.
During the performance, the brushes are used for the first and last time. Neither the audience nor the artist know how the final image will be. The focus is on the process: a shared moment of concentration, attention, and presence in real time.
Participation
After the performance, viewers are invited to approach the installation, touch the pieces, ask questions, and experiment with the brushes directly on paper.
This interaction transforms the relationship between audience and artwork. The viewer is no longer separated from the process, but becomes an active participant inside the experience itself.
The project uses art as a social and physical tool: a way to create interaction, dialogue, collective presence, and direct engagement through simple gestures and material experience.
Materials
Using nature elements, the brushes are built from tree branches, dried plants, pine needles, wool, fabric, jute, and recicled materials.
Each tool has its own structure, balance, flexibility, and movement. Some brushes absorb ink slowly, others react immediately or unpredictably. The inability to fully control the outcome creates moments of curiosity, concentration, improvisation, and shared attention.
Archive
Every session leaves behind traces:
- brushes
- ink gestures
- worn materials
- drawings
- documentation
- conversations
- participatory marks
Together they form a growing archive of paintings, encounters, and collective experiences.
Exhibition / Collaboration
65 Brushes: Art as Tool can exist as:
- installation
- live performance
- participatory exhibition
- intimate studio session
- workshop-based adaptation
- site-specific intervention
The project adapts to different spaces while maintaining its focus on performance, participation, and research.