Egor Lovki, winner of the PARALLEL VIENNA | Bildrecht YOUNG ARTIST Award 2024, explores the fragile architecture of expectations in his exhibition at Bildraum 01.

The artist’s examination takes as its starting point the familiar assumption that time is linear and that there is a causal relationship between action (A) and result (B). But what if this relationship is unstable or even illusory?

Expectations offer clarity and order, but they are also simplified narratives used to cope with uncertainty. Not every goal manifests itself, not every step leads to the desired destination, despite effort. The notion of time as a sequence of events is called into question. Perhaps it loops, stalls, collapses, or resists the idea of progress altogether.

Egor Lovki deliberately remains in the in-between: a space where the logic of cause and effect begins to dissolve. Time loses its direction. Fragmentation and ambiguity replace clarity and conclusion.

A sensitive tension arises between structure and collapse, between expectation and suspension. The seemingly solid line from A to B begins to crumble, opening up new ways of thinking, perceiving, and relating to time.

Exhibition dates: October 22 – December 4, 2025

A collaboration of Bildrecht with Parallel Vienna & VIENNA ART WEEK

For more info on the award and the jury’s decision, check out:
bildrecht.at/parallel-vienna-bildrecht-young-artist/egor-lovki