"The Curse of Bigness" 2024
Ceramic tiles collage
Accompanied with publication "What's behind the mouse hole?" and exhibited at the Jahresausstellung at Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
From the publication:
"The connotative power of the image of a “mouse” is global and universal - it is recognizable all over the world, in big cities, in villages, in field and forest areas, it is inherent in wooden huts and concrete houses. They are a good symbol of human life and routine and in most of works, both literature and modern animation, they are presented in life-size, are not endowed with any superpowers, and almost always engaged in ordinary and typical for a mouse activities. They are a metaphor for humans's innocence and helplessness, its curiosity and rebellion, but, at the same time, its vulnerability to higher and/or larger forces beyond its control. Their distinct and recognizable silhouette, which in most cases is bravely busy searching for food or a safe place, makes one admire the tenacity of these small animals."
"To disperse, to collect, to look" 2024
Publication design for the art residency that took place in late Summer 2023 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
94 pages
From the publication:
"What are our practices of gathering individual and collective experiences that we live intensively in times of war? What optics can art offer for viewing and what language for understanding and addressing these multiple experiences of war in public space?
Are we capable of speech at all?
What of this do we scatter in the field of the common future?
The residency "To disperse, to collect, to look" lasted from August 22 to September 16, 2023 in Chernivtsi and brought together five participants from different cities of Ukraine."
Only mockuped, since the publishing was postponed due to ongoing russian agression in Ukraine.
Typefaces:
Quietism by Michael Rafailyk
"ABSOLVENT*INNEN" 2024
Unused poster for annual diploma-exhibition @ Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg
RISO-printed at the Academy
Photos by Ruth Brauchle
Untitled ceramic objects 2023-2024
Compilation of ceramic object made during studying.
To be accompanied with other objects
Photos by Ruth Brauchle
Glaze experiment on ceramic axes 2024
Hand mixed glaze for ceramics reminiscent of birch bark.
Mixture of wood ashes from the local wood, chalk and quartz
"Dreaming of Pangaea" 2023
Pre-diploma project @ Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg
76 pages publication
Globalisation is commonly known as a process of a worldwide integration and unification - political, economical and cultural. One of its main signs is migration, that was caused not only by the Industrial Revolution (which is often considered as the beginning of the globalisation), but also by the terrific power imbalance and economical inequality that followed the beginning of XX century. Displacement led to the significant cultural exchange that continues to the present day. And displacement was the main inspiration for this publication.
This dossier is a collection of 6 self-written (mostly) articles that I consider interesting and unusual for deepening the understanding of such a complex process as globalisation and its impact on self-identification.
Publication was created with support of my beloved friends Ruth Brauchle and Viktar Hardziuk
Typefaces:
Kobzar KS by Hennadiy Zarechnyuk & Lukyan Turetskiy (for Kyivstar)
PP Writer - Studio Pangram
Fixel Text - Macpaw
The font on the cover is modified Shypshyna Cursive and Rutenia Italic fonts by Ukrainian graphic designer Vasyl Chebanyk
"Kunst.Klima.Kunst" 2022-2023
Visual Identity & poster & final publication for climate-friendly cultural festival
City festival Kunst.Klima.Kunst was organised by the network of Bavarian cultural communities STADTKULTUR and aimed to show ways to climate-friendly cultural work. The festival happened between summer 2022 and summer 2023 and presented around 400 formats and events in different cities across Bavaria.
