The Sephirots organize the whole world in the scheme of tree of life, combining macro- and micro- worlds in something solid, showing the universe inside of the human corpus. Kabbalah tells us: the whole world consists of sound, letters and figures.

The Pythagoreans saw the whole world as a sound of one string and called it the music of spheres.

In Tibet people use singing bowels which resonating with the body work with its spirit rising the soul and cure the body, connecting in their sound micro – and macro worlds. 

Den Marino (creative pseudonym of Denis Porvatkin) a resident of New York City, was born in 1978 in Russia and grew up in the industrial city of Yekaterinburg. His parents were military builders constantly moving from one top-secret Soviet city to another to take part in monumental industrial projects. This informs the artist in his work at the intersection of photography and installation. He seeks to build worlds, consisting of elements surrounding the industrial reality.

The basis of the series of works “BeTwin: New York & Tibet” (2014) is a period when the photographer was working with imagery of Tibet and New York - two poles of diametrically opposed cultures, two types of natural and urban landscapes symbolizing spirituality and material things. Den explores the identity of culture and of cities, looking to the future of urbanization when residents of large cities seek to move to small towns. All the while maintaining the benefits of metropolitan living through technology, accessing music, art, libraries, and knowledge in their homes.

 The industrial photo series presented at the "Art -Zavod"exhibitions in his native Yekaterinburg, and then at the Scope Art Fair in New York and at the international Art Basel fair in Miami Beach (USA), as well as Brabant Biennale in Holland, brought him international recognition.

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