The Freedom That Deceives

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Author: Dimi Tabacelea

Dimensions: 15000 x 20000 px at 300 dpi
Recommended printing formats:
• Print 300 dpi: 50 × 66.7 in (127 × 169.5 cm)
• Print 150 dpi: 100 × 133.3 in (254 × 338.5 cm)

The contemporary human breathes confidently into an air that seems free. Transparency envelops him, seduces him, offering the illusion of open space, personal choice, and control. But this freedom is already programmed. Choice is permitted, yet only among variations of the same algorithm. What appears clear, available, and tangible is semantic glue — a subtle, invisible adhesion that grips not through force, but through necessity. You want to breathe, you need to breathe, and it is precisely this vital need that binds you to the decor, the interface, the spectacle. Control becomes reflex, participation becomes automatism, and freedom becomes a trap. The human no longer flees. He sticks. He participates. And in this participation, captivity is confirmed — not because he doesn’t want to escape, but because he no longer can. The glue feels like air. The choice feels like gesture. But everything is already written. The freedom that deceives is the beginning of the loop. Or perhaps… its end.

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