A Quiet Sun

In production A Quiet Sun is a poetic, experimental short film (c. 30 minutes) that explores themes of isolation, accessibility, and life in the margins. The work centres on the subtle interdependence of all living things. Ultimately, it stands as … Continue reading

Zine: My Moroccan sister

My Moroccan sister is a poem-letter in the form of a zine. It is about the quiet violence of constant othering that happens in current social systems, where conformity and silence constructs walls of exclusion. It also a letter of … Continue reading

Notes on the emerging wisdom of zines

Zines, in their current form, emerged from science fiction fan magazines (fanzines) in the 1930s, says Google: which is always whitewashing everything. The term “fanzine,” it says, was first used by sci-fi fans to describe and discuss their self-published works. … Continue reading

Starling

Starling started as a conversation and became a 5 minute audio-video collage projected on 5 separate screens, simultaneously. The film’s soundtrack is music by Jerry Gordon (aka Moontriangle) with a VoiceOver composed of a cutup poem from a page of … Continue reading

Gilgamesh for Eiji

Made entirely from found photos and videos from the nineties and set to the music of Osaka based composer Masahiro Kanagawa, the short film is a video letter that presents the epic of Gilgamesh story in 17 minutes. It was … Continue reading

Valls Have soundwalk

VALLS HAVE SOUNDWALK is a proposal for a public art piece by the artist Pavel Matveyev. A preliminary ‘sketch’ was presented at the ‘Hej Gävle’ group exhibition at Gävle konstcentrum in 2012 where an audience listened through headphones to a pre-recorded … Continue reading

An illustration of very colourful imaginary flowers

Imaginary flowers

IMAGINARY FLOWERS was a 3 month project where digital flowers were sent by the artist upon request to a friend or family member with invisible illnesses, disabilities, and chronic conditions who simply aren’t going to “get well soon”. Breathing in, … Continue reading

Ice Circle

The Artic circle is home to artist Laila Kolostyak. Ice Circle is Laila’s brainchld, a seminar, a network and workshop with over 20 selected snow and ice professionals from Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. The seminar is funded by Kulturkontakt … Continue reading

On imagination

THE EXHIBITION by Pavel Matveyev at Cigarrvägen 13, Stockholm, is titled “With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world #3.” A complex and though-provoking title presents a very simple installation of one large scale … Continue reading