THE LIVING CANVASES is a research project where art ceases to be an object of consumption or an agent of interaction; here, art becomes a subject that does not need a viewer to exist.

“To create a work of art is to create a world,” Wassily Kandinsky
It was important to Kandinsky that a painting “vibrated” and possessed an “inner life.”
In his painting “Squares with Concentric Circles,” Wassily Kandinsky explored the interaction of form, space, and color.

The circle is the most perfect, dynamic, and “spiritual” shape.

The square is a stable, “earthly” form.

The concept was to place the pulsing energy of the circle within the rigid boundaries of the square and see what emotional response it would evoke.

The painting lives a life of its own—cells grow, interact, change color and shape. The space within the square is constantly rearranging, creating new emotional responses that the artist cannot fully control.

Static geometry transforms into an evolving ecosystem.
The painting paints itself, living and developing according to its own logic.

Roland Barthes' philosophy is realized in the most literal sense of the word.
The author creates the architecture of the space, and at that point, their role ends, allowing the freedom of matter to manifest.
We truly did not know how the experiment would turn out, how the cells would behave, or what it would ultimately become.

The project asks the question: “Where does the artist's design end and the free will of matter begin?”