My artistic practice focuses on the absurdity of everyday life, where routine actions, social norms and people's interaction with the world around them are revealed in the context of absurdism. Ordinariness becomes a field for exploring the contradictions, meaninglessness and irony of contemporary existence. I address the ways in which habitual rituals, urban environments and environmental concerns reflect the underlying contradiction between the human desire for order and the chaotic nature of the world in which they exist. I focus on the material embodiment of absurdity in everyday life, revealing how it manifests itself in concrete gestures, rituals and human interactions with the world around us. In contrast to a purely philosophical or aesthetic approach, I view the paradoxicality of human existence as a living process that can be observed, recorded and experienced in real situations. Through the transformation of everyday actions into symbolic acts, images emerge that reveal deeper processes. Through Walking art, documentation and typologies, I reveal hidden connections between the personal and the collective, the natural and the urban. My works invite the viewer to reflect on how their own actions and inactions shape the surrounding reality.
Projects:
‘In the footsteps of everyday life’ In this project, I explore urban space through weekly walks, creating maps that resemble the venous system of a neighbourhood. By documenting overheard phrases, thoughts and visual impressions, I capture the transience of everyday life, turning it into an archive of personal and collective experiences. This process emphasises how the absurdity of the everyday is revealed in the smallest, almost imperceptible details.
‘Drawing to Dry’ In this work, I address the theme of ecological crisis through the physical act of transferring water between two rivers with opposing currents.
Using a randomiser to make decisions, I emphasise the randomness and duality of human effort, which can both exacerbate, or prevent disaster. This process becomes emblematic of the absurdity of human endeavour in the context of global problems.
‘Demolish Not Leave’ In this installation I address the theme of urban change by inviting the viewer to place a comma in a fictitious vote on the fate of the Narva Zastava neighbourhood. This gesture becomes a metaphor for the collective responsibility and uncertainty one faces in the contemporary world.
The work emphasises how absurdity manifests itself in making decisions that seem important but in reality lack clear meaning.
