The Roots
2022
Recycled Plastic/Augmented reality/Found objects
The triptych Roots (2022) explores the evolution of family memory — from tactile materiality to digital ephemerality — through the lens of three generations of a single family. The project constructs a fragile archaeology of remembrance, where each object becomes a metaphor for loss and the transformation of connections between past and present.
The work captures a moment of historical rupture, as family memory migrates from physical photo albums to cloud storage, and living stories are replaced by digital profiles. Yet the plastic mushrooms and glitch effects serve as reminders: every attempt to preserve the past — whether through 3D printing or AR filters — inevitably distorts it, creating new mythology in place of lost authenticity.
The project was presented in the following spaces:
- “Now” — “Lendoc” Cultural Center — Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- “Generating the Art of the Future” — Erarta Museum of Contemporary art — Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- “Tears where it’s thin” — InArt Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna, Winzavod centre for contemporary art — Moscow, Russia
- “Points of contact” — Artocratia project — Online