Yane Calovski Skopje, North Macedonia, b. 1973
In Untitled (after Lina Bo Bardi) and Untitled (after Simone Weil), Yane Calovski continues his inquiry into the spatial, ethical, and conceptual architectures that underpin creative and social practice. Emerging from the wider project Schöning Revisited: Extensions, Chroma, Inflections, the pieces distill his engagement with Pascal Schöning’s notion of “Cinematic Architecture” into a textual form. This concept approaches architecture as something that involves not just construction, but also the arrangement of space, activities, and social connections. From this point of departure, Calovski draws resonances to Lina Bo Bardi and Simone Weil - two figures whose thinking was rooted in care, community, and moral structure, and who understood creation as a profoundly social act. The work dedicated to architect Lina Bo Bardi considers the artist’s position between independence and structures of authority, echoing her commitment to a practice that is both socially engaged and critically autonomous. The work inspired by philosopher Simone Weil turns toward the cyclical nature of labor and necessity, tracing a rhythm of endurance that alludes to the moral and spiritual dimensions of work. Together, these works form a subtle dialogue between architecture, philosophy, and lived experience. They extend Calovski’s broader practice -marked by modularity, reuse, and collaboration- into a distilled reflection on the ethics of making and the fragile balance between creation, thought, and everyday life.