Aleksandar Nesic is a mixed media artist active in the fields of performance, music and visual art. 2006 he founded the artist group zenit&nadir. He has been a member of the artist collective Bomb Gallery sine 2013. His electronic live set and solo project Poison In Honey exists since 2015. 2003 - 2010 the artist studies graphic, performance and video art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. From 2006 - 2011 he was one of the founding members of the visual sound performance group zenit&nadir. During this time there was a close partnership between the gallery fluctuating images and zenit&nadir. On behalf of this gallery the group participated in screenings, performances and in 2007 the series of events called „exploring party – Party als Kunst“ at the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart. In 2009 zenit&nadir exhibited a stage production called „contain - Leben in 33m³“ which premiered at the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart, formerly a warehouse for steel in which a container village for asylum seekers was installed during the Balkan Civil War, which was then the basis of the theme for the piece.
Nesic performed in many other contexts as a musician and has an acting background in the play „Assassinate Assange“ by Angela Richter at Hebel am Ufer in Berlin or as a live drummer for the band „chicks on speed“ at the National Theater in Mannheim. Furthermore he appeared as a performing artist in 2015 at „Asia Contemporary Art Platform - NON Berlin“ with his piece „ALEKS RAUS TAG / The de-artification of Art / Die Entkunstung der Kunst“. Bubble wrap an other pricey packaging materials, which were once used to wrap world-famous artists´ works at big galleries and museums were auctioned to the audience during the performance.
Poison in Honey electric live set is drums/percussion, electronics, vocal improvisation, noise and field recordings. His recorded and live music explores the interaction of the figurative and the abstract, the mechanic and the organic, the sensual and the brutal. He records and treats sounds to recreate (visually narrative) landscapes, and experiments with many genre derives in the process.
Aleksandar Nesic is a mixed media artist active in the fields of performance, music and visual art. 2006 he founded the artist group zenit&nadir. He has been a member of the artist collective Bomb Gallery sine 2013. His electronic live set and solo project Poison In Honey exists since 2015. 2003 - 2010 the artist studies graphic, performance and video art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. From 2006 - 2011 he was one of the founding members of the visual sound performance group zenit&nadir. During this time there was a close partnership between the gallery fluctuating images and zenit&nadir. On behalf of this gallery the group participated in screenings, performances and in 2007 the series of events called „exploring party – Party als Kunst“ at the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart. In 2009 zenit&nadir exhibited a stage production called „contain - Leben in 33m³“ which premiered at the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart, formerly a warehouse for steel in which a container village for asylum seekers was installed during the Balkan Civil War, which was then the basis of the theme for the piece.
Nesic performed in many other contexts as a musician and has an acting background in the play „Assassinate Assange“ by Angela Richter at Hebel am Ufer in Berlin or as a live drummer for the band „chicks on speed“ at the National Theater in Mannheim. Furthermore he appeared as a performing artist in 2015 at „Asia Contemporary Art Platform - NON Berlin“ with his piece „ALEKS RAUS TAG / The de-artification of Art / Die Entkunstung der Kunst“. Bubble wrap an other pricey packaging materials, which were once used to wrap world-famous artists´ works at big galleries and museums were auctioned to the audience during the performance.
Poison in Honey electric live set is drums/percussion, electronics, vocal improvisation, noise and field recordings. His recorded and live music explores the interaction of the figurative and the abstract, the mechanic and the organic, the sensual and the brutal. He records and treats sounds to recreate (visually narrative) landscapes, and experiments with many genre derives in the process.
Aleksandar Nesic is a mixed media artist active in the fields of performance, music and visual art. 2006 he founded the artist group zenit&nadir. He has been a member of the artist collective Bomb Gallery sine 2013. His electronic live set and solo project Poison In Honey exists since 2015. 2003 - 2010 the artist studies graphic, performance and video art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. From 2006 - 2011 he was one of the founding members of the visual sound performance group zenit&nadir. During this time there was a close partnership between the gallery fluctuating images and zenit&nadir. On behalf of this gallery the group participated in screenings, performances and in 2007 the series of events called „exploring party – Party als Kunst“ at the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart. In 2009 zenit&nadir exhibited a stage production called „contain - Leben in 33m³“ which premiered at the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart, formerly a warehouse for steel in which a container village for asylum seekers was installed during the Balkan Civil War, which was then the basis of the theme for the piece.
Nesic performed in many other contexts as a musician and has an acting background in the play „Assassinate Assange“ by Angela Richter at Hebel am Ufer in Berlin or as a live drummer for the band „chicks on speed“ at the National Theater in Mannheim. Furthermore he appeared as a performing artist in 2015 at „Asia Contemporary Art Platform - NON Berlin“ with his piece „ALEKS RAUS TAG / The de-artification of Art / Die Entkunstung der Kunst“. Bubble wrap an other pricey packaging materials, which were once used to wrap world-famous artists´ works at big galleries and museums were auctioned to the audience during the performance.
Poison in Honey electric live set is drums/percussion, electronics, vocal improvisation, noise and field recordings. His recorded and live music explores the interaction of the figurative and the abstract, the mechanic and the organic, the sensual and the brutal. He records and treats sounds to recreate (visually narrative) landscapes, and experiments with many genre derives in the process.
ALEKSANDAR NESIC
Sad Ugly Clowns – A Statement Between Art and Philosophy 2024 - continous
"Sad Ugly Clowns" illuminates the tragedy of the human condition, which, in its search for meaning and happiness, fails in an increasingly empty world. The clowns in this series are not mere entertainers;
they are fragile embodiments of failure. Their forced smiles become a resigned gesture, a defense
mechanism against a reality that consumes them with its super ficiality.
Byung-Chul Han, in *The Disappearance of Rituals*, describes a loss of symbolic forms and
community-building rituals. These forms, according to Han, structure time and create a reliable space
that makes life livable. However, in a world governed by the compulsion for authenticity and production,
these structures vanish. The clowns in this series, viewed through this lens, stand as tragic testimonies
to a performative society, one that only knows the staging of the self, while relegating community and
rituals in favor of a narcissistic culture of authenticity.
According to Han, this cult leads to the degradation of society, leveling all values in the "hell of the
same." The sad clowns reflect this decline: their disfigured faces and grotesque poses are symbols of a world where neither the possibility of closure nor the power of contemplative rituals exist. Their smiles
are not expressions of joy, but rather the echo of a staged truth that has long since been rendered
absurd.
Ultimately, the Sad Ugly Clowns are not only an indictment but also silent witnesses to a possible
reversal. They remind us of the power of forms, which Han sees as capable of moving the spirit and
giving life renewed depth. Perhaps within the smile of these clowns lies a quiet call to rediscover ritual,
silence, and symbolic perception, in order to imbue the farce of modern life with new meaning.