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dalpofzs is a contemporary art project active since 2013, that offers a meeting and working place for a small group of people with different professional backgrounds, living (sometimes) thousands of km appart. the project focuses especially on small-scale works that examine the distances between us from a multitude of different perspectives. dalpofzs practice takes various forms, from net art works, to temporary installations in public spaces, to experimental music and audio-video works. some of these works were exhibited in art galleries, both online and offline, other remain informal collaborations that are posted on our website (www.dalpofzs.com) and social networks. sometimes dalpofzs produces works that do not leave any public trace.

discreet monuments is a new series of projects by dalpofzs, that reimagines the 'public monument' in the context of contemporary cultures permeated by digital technologies and marked by their consequences. we will create works that interrogate the limits between public and private, personal and political, perceptible and imperceptible in more or less known public spaces.

discreet monuments II - sofia is a low tech site specific audio visual experience that can be accessed in sofia, bulgaria at the entrance to the south park on any device connected to the internet. the work consists of a 70 sec long video and an accompanying audio work.
the video shows a dying microorganism. the specimen was found in a sample of water taken from one of the small pounds in south park. we did not intend to film its death, it just so happened.
according to the national statistical institute of the republic of bulgaria, the life expectancy in the city of sofia (2021-2023) is 75.4 years. our video loses its opacity over the same period of time, becoming more and more transparent, and allowing a short hidden text to surface.
the accompanying audio has as its starting point a very short fragment from gabriel fauré's requiem, digitally elongated to match the duration of the video, upon which several other sound elements are overlaid. the audio slowly decreases in volume over 75.4 years, until it is nothing but silence.
if accessed more than 75.4 years after its launch the work will likely crash and give an error, as the audio will require a negative volume.
of course, the lifespan of the work will in all probability be much less than the projected 75.4 years, since it depends on ongoing maintenance in order to remain online and to stay compatible with the rapidly changing digital technologies.

this discreet public monument is dedicated to the absurdity of being alive.

thank you for visiting this discreet public monument.