🕳️ Released Phantom Node 16: Kim Jong Un. The Living Cult
- Foundation date
17 July 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
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🕳️ Released Phantom Node 16: Kim Jong Un. The Living Cult
Opaque and unpredictable.
A figure with no true face — only a phantom constructed by ideology.
An omnipresent, obsessive symbol.
He is everywhere: on posters, in schools, on television.
A nearly mythical being, whose words and actions are believed to be infallible.
Node Type: Political phantom
State: Alive, but entirely ideological
Mechanism of Power: Cult, hereditary rule, total censorship
Image: Emptiness behind a wall of symbols
Instead of the Phantom: Space for a true face
Essence of the Node
What held it in place?
— Bloodline dictatorship
— Worship since childhood
— A complete mystification of presence
How did it become a phantom?
— When the boundary between man and myth vanished
— When truth ceased to exist as a category
— When fear became the dominant political language
Why does the phantom still live?
— Because the system believes in its own immortality
— Because cult is a survival tool
— Because the phantom knows how to change its face
Phantom State
He cannot be understood — only feared.
He cannot be questioned — only revered.
But we see: behind the symbol is emptiness.
Behind the cult — weakness.
Collective Response
The world cannot force a cult to disappear.
But it can refuse to participate.
That too is a form of resistance.
Key Principle
When the face is a myth, and words are dogma,
it’s time to see the human. And speak the truth.
Alt-text:
A pencil drawing in shades of gray. Kim Jong Un stands before a wall where a framed portrait of himself is displayed. Both the living figure and the portrait are nearly identical—same dark uniform, same sideways gaze. The absurdity of the scene reinforces the phantom nature of his cult: reality and image have merged into the same symbol.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 17.07.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 16: Kim Jong Un. The "Divine Absolutism and Living Cult" Regime.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Deity in Armor of Terror." Kim Jong Un is not merely a political leader but the central figure of a secular religion where the state is the church and obedience is the only path to survival. The phantom nature of this node lies in the total replacement of reality: for millions, the will of one man is physical law, and any doubt is equivalent to sacrilege. It is a node where totalitarianism reaches its peak—controlling not just actions, but feelings and thoughts.
Regimes:
🛐 Living Deity Regime: Absolute sacralization of the leader's figure, whose name, image, and words have the status of sacred artifacts.
🧬 Hereditary Autocracy Regime: Power transmitted through the "Paektu bloodline," creating an illusion of the continuity of divine will.
📦 Informational Hermeticism Regime: Creating a "Black Box" where no external information enters without passing through the cult's filters.
⛓️ Collective Responsibility Regime: A system of punishing three generations for the "sin" of one, making fear the primary social regulator.
Tools:
🗿 Monumentalism & Iconography: Giant statues, mandatory portraits in every home, and lapel pins as visual anchors of the leader's presence.
🎭 State Adoration Machine: Propaganda attributing supernatural abilities and exceptional genius in all fields of human endeavor to the leader.
📊 Songbun System: A social caste system determining a person's fate based on their ancestors' loyalty to the Kim dynasty.
🚫 Kwangmyong: A domestic intranet that mimics the internet but contains only cult-approved content.
🥀 Public Rituals of Repentance and Loyalty: Mass events where individuality dissolves into a collective ecstasy of worship.
Civilizational Influences:
📉 Degradation of Human Dignity: Creating a precedent where millions (under the pressure of terror) voluntarily renounce their "Self" in favor of a phantom idol.
☣️ Export of Totalitarian Technologies: The DPRK serves as a "laboratory" for other dictatorships, showing how isolation and cult can sustain power for decades.
⚖️ Distortion of International Law: The existence of a state that officially recognizes the leader's divine status as superior to any international conventions.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 17.07.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
