What forms does faith take today? And what part does religion play in modern lifestyles? The project "Glue in Reality", which Ágnes Várnai realised as part of the artist collective "The (new) constellation" together with Tina Kult and Timea Strott, revolves around these questions. The project examines socio-cultural structures and trends in an artistic way and offers a platform for thinking about new forms of spirituality. Thanks to the internet, we can observe how various trends emerge and spread. They influence our daily behaviour, what we eat, how we look and how much we reveal of ourselves in online activities.
"Glue in Reality" combines augmented reality, fashion and multimedia installations to create new archetypes of faith that provide an insight into the rituals and actions of our daily lives: "the Gluten Shaman", "the Anti-Ageing Prophet" or "the Divine Data-Soul" are the spiritual guides in the virtual world of "Glue in Reality".
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Glue in Reality, The (new) constellation
Ágnes Várnai
Ágnes Várnaiborn in Hungary in 1990, studied fashion design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, initially with Bernhard Wilhelm and later with Hussein Chalayan. She took part in various exhibitions and fashion shows and worked in the design team at Chalayan's studio in London. In 2014, she received the Rondo-Vöslauer Fashion Award and the Swarovski Award. She currently lives and works in Vienna.














