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Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko

andrej beštak and anja Leko

are an artist duo based in Croatia. Their joint practice explores spatial narratives and contemporary mythologies through video, installation, and hybrid publishing formats. They have participated in residencies at Q21/MuseumsQuartier and exhibited in the Youth Salon TAKEOVER at 3LHD in Zagreb.

Song of the owls (2023–24)

Songs of the Owls presents a fictional narrative centred on an owl deity, exploring mysticism and intuition in the digital age. The work investigates how belief systems persist in an era dominated by information technology and data saturation. Through a hybrid language of storytelling and installation, Beštak and Leko stage a world where the sacred and the technological collide, suggesting that faith continues to shape how humans interpret environments and events, even when filtered through computational systems. The project reflects the duo’s interest in the entanglements between spiritual imagination and contemporary techno-culture.

Songs of the Owls, 2023–24, installation

LOCATION: Kapela Sv. Stjepana (Chapel of St. Stephen)

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Sophie Cundale,