In the twenty-first century, the twentieth-century belief in globalization and neoliberal exclusivity is dissolving. Germany’s long-standing stability is shifting as its economic, political, and social architecture undergoes accelerating transformation. To comprehend this, one must look beyond visible images to the hidden, dominant changes that leave only faint traces on the surface. By […]
This first-person documentary explores the tension between Soviet ideological unity and the subsequent disintegration of the USSR, which fractured communications across former republics. This systemic collapse deeply impacted social relations, a reality I navigated personally. While studying in Norway, I met an Armenian exchange student, leading me to the ruins of Gyumri. There, I married
The painting project “One of 430,000 Atmospheres” investigates the frontier of contemporary space exploration, specifically focusing on the 2023–2026 epoch. This period has yielded groundbreaking discoveries through the deep-space scanning capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Euclid, and the Parker Solar Probe. These expansive studies have culminated in a catalog of over
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It so happened that while buying a box with a family photo archive from the 40s in a store, I accidentally found a few letters written in the 90s. These letters were written by a woman undergoing compulsory treatment at the psychiatric clinic in the city where I am living at the moment. They were
Born in the late USSR, I experienced the rise of nationalism, becoming a “stranger” in my own birthplace. My identity evolved into a paradox: an “occupier” in Moldova and a “migrant” in Russia. This personal trajectory reflects a global crisis where millions are denied rights due to the “biological lottery” of birth, while robots receive
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During the Soviet present, each separate republic was part of a general socialist system. Inside (without taking into account the price that had to pay for it) there was a relatively prosperous vacuum in which Soviet citizens lived. An ordinary individual was generally confident in the future, in available labor employment, housing and communal conditions,
This work responds to the 2014 annexation of Crimea, triggered by Ukraine’s Maidan revolution and the subsequent collapse of the Yanukovych government. Russia seized the peninsula by force, a move unrecognized by the international community and the UN. This sparked an undeclared war, resulting in Russia’s expulsion from the G8 and ongoing sanctions.
This work examines how war and propaganda fracture reality amid the escalating conflict in Ukraine. Using paintings, the project employs a pixel grid metaphor to illustrate the transformation of living tragedy into digital noise and dry statistics. Deconstructed fingers embody crystallized trauma, serving as lenses that isolate fragments of catastrophe. Their collective swarm,
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In this performative action, I wanted to emphasize the existence of individual freedom within the public space of a single individuality. By means of blocking a pedestrian zone in the old town of Tallinn, an attempt was made to analyze the extent to which an artificially placed obstacle could limit people in their actions specifically,
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The final act in this performative triptych was the construction of a dialogue with the viewer on the subject of democratic hegemony. At the time humanity existed within a paradigm where “democratic principles” were the dominant direction. At every step, we were taught, corrected, or reproached for failing to correspond to the theoretical basis of