DARIA GNATCHENKO
Daria Gnatchenko (2003) works in Paris. Her major is Contemporary Art (Université Paris 8). Daria works most of all with digital media (photography, video and 3D-graphics). In her works she is interested in themes of ecology, connecting with nature and “hacking” the habitual determination of man in the world. In recent works, this is expressed in the cross-cutting theme of “uniting” any two phenomena: people, nature, animals, etc.

Daria’s practice employs themes of harmonious coexistence of different things in a person (for example, issues of genderfluidity or the search for one’s identity). Daria unites all these aspects with the theme of loneliness, which is not only seen as something painful, but as a natural state of human beings in which they need to learn to exist. Daria’s method of working is to dive deeply into the theme and conduct a research, on which she later strings the visual component of the works. The aim of Daria’s projects is to rework ideas and current trends in philosophy and culture and to implant her personal experience into them. 

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ART WORKS

PHOGRAPHY / VIDEO 
Qui chante dans les bois

2024
The "Qui chante dans les bois" zine was created from photographs taken during a trip to the north of Normandy. Winding trees, persistent fog, dense shrubbery - it all adds up to an atmosphere of inaccessibility and enchanting mystery, hidden in the very heart of nature. When we shot the plants and processed the images, we tried to capture this enigma by experimenting with black and white inversion and reflective framing.The title of the zine refers to a poem by Victor Hugo, which celebrates the mystery and self-sufficiency of nature.

The zine is printed in A5 format on uncoated paper.

The zine is represented in:

Paris:
Fanzinarium
La Fab – La librairie du Jour