One Man Nation explores the notion of the body as a sovereign territory, challenging conventional ideas of borders and belonging. Through performance, mixed media, and interactive elements, the artist transforms his skin into a canvas for lines depicting nation-state outlines, questioning how rigid frameworks apply to fluid, living entities. The work emphasises self-governance, revealing both the weight and fragility of personal responsibility in a world shaped by social and political structures.

Diego Lobenal, born in 1989, is a multidisciplinary artist working in photography and performance. His work investigates the relationship between the spectator, the performative body, and the possibilities of flesh in virtual and geographical environments. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Murcia, Spain, is a co-founder and researcher at Sindicato de la Herida, an international collective on tattoo research, and is a co-founder, manager, and designer of Espacio Incógnita, Murcia, etc.

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Performans Država enega človeka raziskuje idejo o telesu kot suverenem ozemlju, s čemer preizprašuje konvencionalne ideje o mejah in pripadnosti. Umetnik s performansom, različnimi mediji in interaktivnimi elementi preoblikuje svojo kožo v platno za linije, ki prikazujejo obrise nacionalnih držav, pri tem pa se sprašuje, ali lahko takšni togi okvirji veljajo tudi za fluidna, živa bitja. Delo poudarja lastno avtonomijo oziroma samoupravljanje, obenem pa razkriva težo in krhkost osebne odgovornosti v svetu, ki ga oblikujejo družbene in politične strukture.

Diego Lobenal, rojen leta 1989, je multidisciplinarni umetnik, ki deluje na področju fotografije in performansa. Njegovo delo raziskuje odnos med gledalstvom, performativnim telesom in njegovimi možnostmi v virtualnih in geografskih okoljih. Lobenal je diplomiral iz likovnih umetnosti na Univerzi v Murcii v Španiji; je soustanovitelj in raziskovalec pri mednarodnem kolektivu za raziskovanje tetovaž Sindicato de la Herida; soustanovitelj, upravitelj in oblikovalec pri galeriji Espacio Incógnita v Murcii; ter mnogo drugega.