Better to Reign in Hell Than Serve in Heaven

In BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL THAN SERVE IN HEAVEN, interdisciplinary rebellion emerges: fueled by an ongoing inquiry into the capacity of art to subvert norms, to rehabilitate, to confront what is wretched, and save what is divine. Omnipresence does not exist here; only human hands which experiment and emulate: from popular and underground culture, canon formats to carnal excess—the power lies in those who can mutate and mutilate what is known and examine its parts, to those who are unfazed by the consequences of breaking the rules.

Better to reign in desolation than serve in heaven, where the circulation of faux options appears: acceptance, safety, insurance, the promise of belonging. Is that heaven?

What is heaven in the face of freedom?

From the bounds of hell to the gates of paradise, our stubborn desire for autonomy transcends— The artist’s struggle for personal liberation is worthwhile, running against the turning of the world where war is livestreamed, and empathy is incinerated; Violent earnestness and authenticity could be the key to salvation.