Exhibition :”The Mind is a Dangerous Place”
On view from 14-22 Sep,2026, Belgrade, Serbia
In dialogue with @jovanapuzovic
@galerijasingidunum @sekcija_tiso_ulupuds @lincurica
Curatorial statement:
The Mind Is A Dangerous Place
Artists Jovana Puzović and Lit Wing Hung structure the exhibition The Mind Is A Dangerous Place within the space of Gallery “Singidunum,” which is accessed by descending a staircase to a level below ground. The site of the exhibition is symbolically and conceptually intertwined with the subject the artists choose to confront and explore: what lies beneath the surface of consciousness. Conscious activities constitute only a small part of the brain’s overall functioning, while estimates in cognitive science suggest that approximately 95% to 98% of brain activity occurs unconsciously, beneath the threshold of conscious awareness.
The Mind Is the Dangerous Place is an exhibition about the choice not to turn one’s gaze away from the unknown, but to courageously enter a stage in which much of the space remains unlit and, consequently, unknown. The forms and textures of the artworks are intended to illuminate the path fragmentarily, gradually bringing into visibility that which we are not yet aware is present before us. The exhibition could therefore be understood as process-oriented, as it concerns the unfolding process of confronting unacknowledged fragments emerging from the darkness. Darkness, in this context, becomes synonymous with fear and the unconscious, while light represents the emergence of insight, awareness, and liberation.
Drawing on their experience in scenographic work within their multimedia practices, as well as their sensitivity to diverse textures, Jovana Puzović and Lit Wing Hung transform the gallery space into a stage. Their works engage in a visual dialogue that activates the voids within the space, while their materials reveal an important aspect of the materiality through which psychic contents manifest themselves.
In this sense, we may speak of the signals sent to us by the body, of synchronicities in everyday life, of premonitions, and of the difficulty we often encounter in finding adequate descriptions for images, words, and encounters that act as triggers for deeper forms of insight. They can affect us intuitively, acausally, and with great intensity, because we sense that they form part of a larger whole within our individual development—a development that is always embedded in a broader context and shaped through encounters with others.
As suggested by the exhibition’s evocative title, The Mind Is A Dangerous Place, the danger of the mind is emphasized only when its unconscious dimensions are ignored. To paraphrase C. G. Jung, that which we do not consciously govern ultimately governs us.
I look forward to descending into the space of Gallery “Singidunum” for the opening and encountering Jovana Puzović’s and Lit Wing Hung’s exhibition for the first time. I am certain that this is an exhibition I will return to, and perhaps, in time, write another text about the experience.
Maida Gruden
Exhibition Response:
Fear has become a language of contemporary life. It enters our homes, our bodies, and the spaces between us. Beneath the skin, we share the same uncertainty.
As the world changes and tomorrow becomes harder to imagine, the meaning of “home” begins to shift. I translate my own fears through objects, materials, and space, not to offer an answer, but to make visible the condition we are living through.
Reflective fabric speaks of visibility as a form of protection. To be seen is to be safe, yet being seen also exposes our vulnerability.
The “durian” chair creates a distance between myself and “home.” Their sharp surfaces form a boundary, while questioning what home can mean in a life shaped by movement and displacement.
Perhaps fear is not only what happens to us, but what we imagine might happen.
The world is changing.
And so is home.