Collaborative project by Alena Pashkina and Zhenia Kuzma for the exhibition «Sources of Knowledge» as part of the «Frequencies 4.0» festival.
Curators: Michael Arutyunyan, Elena Kovilina Na Peschannaya Gallery October 13 — November 5, 2023
The bole of the uprooted tree here functions as a capsule of incomplete information about a larger system—the forest. The project consists of two conceptual parts: a game in constructing testimony about the forest (Zhenya Kuzma), and the construction of testimony regarding the unveiling of knowledge, as if using primary sources, following the model and likeness of such an operation (Alena Pashina).
Genia’s textile objects are sewn from patchwork printed fabrics and embody the concept of a turnstile—a capsule that absorbs information about forest life, which is both studied and dissected. They are presented in three stages: concept, assembly in progress, and a fully realized form.
Alena’s soft objects seem to observe their own fabrication attempts.
Prints and embroidery suggest intersections between reflections on the forest and reflections on the culture of human cognition.
The exhibition opened on October 13, 2023, at the Na Peschannaya Gallery.
Photo: Ira Kara, Zhenia Kuzma
