Sorry 108 (2021)

In this video, I loop Boris Yeltsin's apology from his 1999 New Year’s Eve speech—his final address before resigning and transferring power to Vladimir Putin—a total of 108 times.

This repetition reflects the mantra count from Tibetan Buddhism, central to Kalmykia's culture.

Though Kalmykia is technically an autonomous republic within Russia, its self-rule was already a facade under Yeltsin—and today it’s been entirely replaced by dependence on Moscow.

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Sorry 108 (2021)

In this video, I loop Boris Yeltsin's apology from his 1999 New Year’s Eve speech—his final address before resigning and transferring power to Vladimir Putin—a total of 108 times.

This repetition reflects the mantra count from Tibetan Buddhism, central to Kalmykia's culture.

Though Kalmykia is technically an autonomous republic within Russia, its self-rule was already a facade under Yeltsin—and today it’s been entirely replaced by dependence on Moscow.