The installation’s main elements are 16 discs, all nearly flat and each with two opposite sides: one light and one dark. The opposites are in a constant state of “dueling” with each other, and all their attempts to reach one another instead result in continuous three-dimensional rotation. One recognizes in this movement the characteristic twists and turns of a coin that has been tossed into the air. The die has been cast, but the contest has not been decided yet.

The discs’ movement through the air creates choreographed scenes with lights and shadows moving across space—the byproduct of a confrontation between two opposite and yet interconnected principles.

The installation Duel was first presented on July 27-28, 2019 at the Present Perfect Festival in St. Petersburg in a separate space of the former factory. 16 motorized light elements were fixed to a 30-meter-long structure that was assembled in the form of a parabola and then driven in a smooth synchronous movement by custom software.