The installation provokes the audience to reconsider the ordinary sense and meaning of already settled words. Twelve words inscribed on the twelve knives indicate the double nature of the twelve well-known meanings: EGO, FAME, POWER, GOLD, PASSION, MORAL, TERRITORY, NATIONALITY, RELIGION, REVOLT, SOCIETY, FAITH.

Placing words against the edge of a knife reveal the dichotomy of the notions that embody our values system, which has a protective nature for “collective mind” on a social level, while on the other hand authorizes and frees us from a personal responsibly.

The concept of the work is focused on the thousand year-long dilemma: “I” and “mine”, “Me” and “others”: nationality, colour, territory, religion, property, etc. “I” is so much identified with nationality, religion, traditions, etc. that one can kill, torture, deprive, etc. and never accept a responsibility for corruption of the basic ideas of human existence. The voice of a biblical god «Cain, Where is Abel, thy Brother» continues to call to us around the world, as people kill each other on behalf of faith, territories, power, and freedom.