Description

Kamchatka is a peninsula in the Far East, a source of attraction for tourists, due to numerous volcanoes and proximity to the Pacific Ocean.

Like other regions of Russia located far from the main economic arteries, it has stagnated since the collapse of the USSR. For this reason, the new generation is forced to leave for major cities on the «mainland» in search of opportunities. Large areas of the peninsula remain part of the military infrastructure and are closed to the public.

In 2018, I visited Kamchatka as a tourist. Some time later, for this series, I selected images of what was most memorable on the trip: landscapes, hot springs, Japanese cars, military, ruins.

«My focus lies on the concept of the research that follows from my astronomical background. It is driven by curiosity and lack of knowledge of something, and that’s important. The main topics I work with are the boundaries and transferring personal experience to the public space, various forms of everyday life, as well as communication in the era of social networks and global digital platforms. I investigate both content and new ways to interact with reality. Also important audience reaction, experiments with form, the process of cognition the world. Any daily activity may become an object of research. My intention is to apply the known means to something unfamiliar, some phenomena which are aimed to go beyond the usual language or known representation. As an artist, I’m interested in the unpredictability/paradoxicality of the final result of my research.»