Total Installation Chamber Experience I
The "Cycle" Installation
The "Cycle" Installation
From 29 September to 1 October, two projects by interdisciplinary artist Lidia Russkova-Hasaya were presented as a part of the 11th International Contemporary Art Fair Cosmoscow 2023.
Total Installation Chamber Experience I
The total installation Chamber Experience I is an exploration of the meditative function of the sky. A cube outside, a sterile white domed space inside, in the oculus of which the video-art "Sky" is projected. The video work brings together documentation of the sky collected by Lidia in different locations around the world. The artist creates a "safe" space in which the concept of time does not exist, a "place of power" to know one's inner self. In a sense, Chamber Experience I is an experience of isolation from the external environment, helping to relive the experience of encountering the present moment in a new way. Especially for the installation, Lidia wrote the neoclassical composition Journey, which calls the viewer to self-discovery and the search for the path to oneself. In this way, the viewer is given a unique experience through audiovisual "sensual" stimulation.
The total installation Chamber Experience I is an exploration of the meditative function of the sky. A cube outside, a sterile white domed space inside, in the oculus of which the video-art "Sky" is projected. The video work brings together documentation of the sky collected by Lidia in different locations around the world. The artist creates a "safe" space in which the concept of time does not exist, a "place of power" to know one's inner self. In a sense, Chamber Experience I is an experience of isolation from the external environment, helping to relive the experience of encountering the present moment in a new way. Especially for the installation, Lidia wrote the neoclassical composition Journey, which calls the viewer to self-discovery and the search for the path to oneself. In this way, the viewer is given a unique experience through audiovisual "sensual" stimulation.
Chamber Experience I
Lidia Russkova-Hasaya inside the installation Chamber Experience I
The "Cycle" Installation
The installation "Cycle" addresses the theme of using technology for the benefit of humanity. The object is inspired by Lidia's reflections on time, its flow, the desire to turn it back and the questions that the abyss of eternity poses to us. It is an image of the cyclical processes of life. Instead of "grains of time", "Cycle" is filled with plastic pellets made from recycled material using a unique technology.
"No one knows how to dream of the sky like the Russians. We were the first to visit space and see the Blue Planet from a 'divine point of view'." Of course, this experience was only available to a small number of people, but it allowed their compatriots to look proudly into the sky and reflect on its magnitude. This phenomenon cannot be attributed solely to the twentieth century or limited to the realm of art. The concept of heaven occupied an important place in the works of icon painters of the past. Later in the nineteenth century, the great Aivazovsky and Shishkin gave an essential role to the image of the sky in their works. The former depicted it as majestic and furious, while the latter depicted it as peaceful and conveyed the atmosphere of the changing seasons, setting the viewer in a contemplative mood. From the 1970s onwards, artists turned their attention once again to the sky. Artists left the cities and travelled to the steppes and deserts: there they literally experienced a "rapprochement" with the sky in order to share it with their viewers. The artists who are best known for their work with the sky are James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson,"—curator Simon Rees.
The installation "Cycle" addresses the theme of using technology for the benefit of humanity. The object is inspired by Lidia's reflections on time, its flow, the desire to turn it back and the questions that the abyss of eternity poses to us. It is an image of the cyclical processes of life. Instead of "grains of time", "Cycle" is filled with plastic pellets made from recycled material using a unique technology.
"No one knows how to dream of the sky like the Russians. We were the first to visit space and see the Blue Planet from a 'divine point of view'." Of course, this experience was only available to a small number of people, but it allowed their compatriots to look proudly into the sky and reflect on its magnitude. This phenomenon cannot be attributed solely to the twentieth century or limited to the realm of art. The concept of heaven occupied an important place in the works of icon painters of the past. Later in the nineteenth century, the great Aivazovsky and Shishkin gave an essential role to the image of the sky in their works. The former depicted it as majestic and furious, while the latter depicted it as peaceful and conveyed the atmosphere of the changing seasons, setting the viewer in a contemplative mood. From the 1970s onwards, artists turned their attention once again to the sky. Artists left the cities and travelled to the steppes and deserts: there they literally experienced a "rapprochement" with the sky in order to share it with their viewers. The artists who are best known for their work with the sky are James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson,"—curator Simon Rees.
The "Cycle" Installation
Chamber Experience I
Chamber Experience I
The "Cycle" Installation
