She was born in Moscow in 1986. She works as a transdisciplinary artist with a fluid professional identity.
Her projects are located in different institutional areas (theater, dance, performance, contemporary art), as well as beyond. She is interested in finding new ways of communication within artistic processes on different territories.
Sometimes the creation of a community is the goal of artistic practice, and sometimes it is a completely conventional theatrical product, for example. It is important for her to move away from expertise and elitism in artistic processes and to look for a new language for each process.
In artistic practice she explores catastrophe as a permanent state of affairs, boredom, melancholy; manifesting the non-affective in theatre; time flow; boundaries of fiction and documentary; voice, ranging from the lower limits of expressiveness and dynamics to over-expressive techniques.
Residency project:
The artist wishes to develop the staging of the play written by the playwright Lidia Golovanova in 2020, entitled Le Charpentier (The Carpenter). She will initially focus on translating the text into French.
In the artist's own words:
‘During the first two weeks, I finished translating the play I'm working on from Russian into French. I had started this work during my previous residency at the Goethe-Institut in Toulouse. I thought I only had a few adjustments left to make, but in the end, these two weeks in Corsica were entirely devoted to refining and improving the translation. I also had the good fortune to benefit from the advice of a French colleague, who helped me perfect the quality of the French text.
I particularly enjoyed working in such a magnificent setting, with a view of the mountains and far from the hustle and bustle of Paris. It is a precious opportunity to be able to concentrate fully on one's work in such good conditions, without even having to worry about everyday aspects such as preparing meals, which is a real bonus. I am very grateful to the residence for this opportunity.
Recently, my colleague, a lighting designer, has joined me, and we are working together on the lighting design for the show in the marvellous theatre space of the Aria. This place, with its varied lighting equipment and its hall with a unique character, inspires us enormously. We are therefore continuing our work, with a presentation in prospect, which I am impatiently awaiting. It is essential for me to have feedback from the public, because I would like this project to resonate and become part of the cultural and social issues in France. For this, the reactions of the spectators will be particularly valuable.
A huge thank you for this residency!’