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Insectum

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:40:50 +0000

Part of media project “Insects” which was exhibited at first time in Anna Nova Gallery (Russia, Saint-Petersburg)

Triumph of species.
A new media project of Maxim Svishev ‘Insects’ consists of video objects, audio installations and a three-part video projection. Once we get into the dark hall of the gallery we are surrounded by the annoying buzz; it feels disturbing in an empty space.
Incents are swarming around regal animals, which cannot resist this power. A tiny buzzing speck is not dangerous until there are thousands of them everywhere.

In society where one is surrounded by objects of consumption more than by other people we have to deal with a special kind of everyday interaction, not via communication with each other but via accumulation of material benefits. Material things are constantly praised in advertising and the media is flooded with endless sensational news, new gadgets releases and so on. They don’t leave us in peace even at night, dictating their pace, from one series to another.

Like Maugli becomes a wolf as a result of his living with predators, man becomes a functional adept of technology.

Buzzing and a tendency to cling together for being successful in life, as a rule, is typical for the invertebrate jointed-limbed animals – insects. Under the cover of signs and in denial of reality, man stuffs cotton into his ears, complaining about unceasing street noise, and does not realize that he is making this noise as well. He is, in fact, the source of noise, causing him so much discomfort.

Becoming functional and clinging to the world via gadgets and high-tech products, one loses the natural balance, the initial meaning of live and his own inner integrity, looking more and more like an annoying buzzing speck.

(Text from Anna Nova gallery, Saint-Petersburg.)

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Paper

Darya Cherkashina — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:13:08 +0000

The project is a series about a happy childhood. At this time, the heroes of my videos are “paper dolls” — one of the most popular toys for girls of my childhood. Preserved collection of dolls 80s-90s, as well as self-drawn at the same time the characters come to life and immerse us in a mad world of the past paper. Cardboard memories, lightness and ease, cut-enacted stories, engaging us in a fun game, very special instill life values. And what is all this different from our present existence?

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Myriam Thyes – After Tiepolo (old)

VideoArchiveAdmin — Fri, 19 May 2017 21:42:08 +0000

At the Wurzburg Residenz, Thyes recorded the famous 18th century ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Gyratory video sequences are the basis for an animated collage. Tiepolo’s catholic sky/heaven is slowly filled with planets, stars, and galaxies – they substitute the allegoric figures. Science and technology are developing, human production on earth increases: High-rises and power plants replace Tiepolo’s merchants, artists, and craftspeople. The buildings reach to the sky and hide the view on it. The Christian and Eurocentric view of the world is enlarged, enriched, updated. But our knowledge of the infinite universe won’t lead to a broader mind or serenity, as long as we – living complicated lives in modern civilizations – focus only on ourselves.

Thanks to: Guido Magnaguagno, Visarte Zurich, the Bavarian Palace Department at the Wurzburg Residenz. Astronomical images: Courtesy NASA / JPL-Caltech.

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