Najlepszy Dyplom

biography

Born in 1995 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Before she got involved in visual arts, she was passionate about writing activities what resulted in word-managing experiences and a few prize places. She moved to central Poland and  graduated Printmaking at the University of Arts in Poznan (MA degree). She took part in several exhibitions and projects related to site-specific art, mixed media and filming without permission. Aspiring conference participant, recently involved in post-humanist reflection, like the rest of the self-aware world.

"Appetite" examines the food theme in the context of human corporeality, far beyond the physiological functions. The 1:1 scale prints show regular human bodies with born and acquired marks, which balance on the edge of repulsive disgust and chimeric 3D skins originated from video games.
Short films which accompany the prints were made in silhouette interview aesthetics, used to hide the identity of the criminal but also the victims. They present the statements of three women on a complicated relationship with food, not limited by stereotypical visions of eating disorders and the lack of self-acceptance through non-acceptance of their own body. This dependence affects the social and intimate zones of life, including contexts which are not directly related to the body or food. Together with diploma’s theoretical part, introduces the subject of animals’ bodily identity (including human) in the Anthropocene epoch.