
Anna Slobozhanina (b. 1993) is an artist. She has worked in residences: Wynwood Residence, Mira Center, Maryin Dom, ARKA, Karelian Air Residency, and Antihrupkost. Her solo and group exhibitions have been held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Suzdal, Arkhangelsk, and other cities.
She explores the relationship between humans and nature, and the processes of disappearance in culture and landscape through the lens of fairy tales and sacredness.
She works in the mediums of land art, installation, sculpture, photography, and video.
Her method combines the creation of a personal mythology, the experience of living in a natural landscape, and slow, meditative practices rooted in traditional women's crafts and ancient rituals.
The way I create art feels to me like casting a spell over and over again. Every time it lets me go deeper and deeper inside my inner universe. While in the evening I might burn everything to the ground, in the morning I can recreate my world again from fragile dreams and subtle threads of thoughts and feelings. In art I can close my eyes and rely on my feelings touching the surface of art pieces which might feel cool or warm, smooth or harsh, soft or solid. I can listen to the calming sounds. This world feels elusive. It can go away as fast as a dream or raindrops when they touch hot wooden boards. I am able either to keep it or destroy it. As in fingering prayer beads, I laugh in the mornings and cry at night.
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