Art Portfolio: Selected Works
Look She's Got Beard!
"Look, She's Got a Beard!" is an experimental sci-fi thriller-comedy film, 32 minutes long.
This film explores the theme of "otherness," introducing the character of a "bearded woman." The film speculates about what the future of humanity would look like if humans became more open to interspecies symbiosis.
Please enjoy an excerpt from the film: the confrontation of the bearded women with the German Police:
Storyboard for the film:
Backstage:
Rehearsal of the dance scene:
Babushka in Space
This work is about my grandmother, Nadja Golub. At the moment of filming, she was 85 years old. She experiences awful pains in her knees, making walking very hard and painful for her. Consequently, she rarely leaves her small studio apartment. It's akin to living on a space station, always awaiting guests or food supplies. This work essentially delves into the loneliness of elderly people, as well as the intrinsic loneliness of every human being.
The text was inspired by the ideas of Russian cosmists such as Nikolay Fedorov, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alexander Bogdanov, Boris Groys, etc. Together with my grandmother, we crafted a text detailing her life on a space station and the utopian mission of future humankind to create an intergalactic museum.
Installation solutions:
Installation in Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv, referencing the famous work by I. Kabakov: the man who flew to space from his apartment.
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Installation Ideas for the Ruhrtriennale: for the Triennale we've been discussing a few installation solutions for the Palace of the Projects installation: the challenge is to create a space, and an experience in a very large industrial location. The 2 winning ideas presented here are: 1. a "portal" in a carpet. With carpets hanging down from the high ceiling we will be able to create a space without building walls, one of the carpets will be the portal into "the future."
Another installation idea that I like even more: place swings in front of the video screen that is hanging under an angle from the ceiling. The swings should have a vintage feel. When the viewers will be watching the film "Babushka in space", they will be able to experience a movement through space themselves, adding an interactive experience to the film viewing.
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