My work revolves around the human figure and its function as a signifier of the human identity. I see the latter through the lens of postmodern theory, as something multifaceted, fragmented and always in-flux, an outcome of a layering process. In my images I explore the ways the human body is visually misrepresented in mass media, and I aim at subverting what the viewer expects to see. The elements of human identity that are absent from the beautified versions that dominates visual culture serve as a starting point and material to produce assemblages of fragmented figures.

"Individuals"

Working title send us to a paranormal seances in which people try to communicate with spirits. Spirit here is my inner twin sister named E. I started shooting the Seances series on December 20, 2019. In December, coronavirus for me, as for most Russians, was an exotic disease. No one, including artists, has ever experienced forced self-isolation. As for my project, it has nothing to do with the pandemic. It is about the sense of loneliness, both personal and professional, inherent for many people today. But for me it started much earlier the pandemic. These Seances talk about my social support and being in one place for a long time. 

In December, I had a twin sister. We are both artists and we share common problems such as absence of atelier and lack of like-minded persons in art. But despite this we have a need to create art. Through collaboration with each other, we gain a small art community and equalize the living room into atelier. Our partnership became a subject of my art.  Sometimes we get out of our nest and appear in shots of other  photographers', but usually we shoot alone.


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