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 
Vampalaš

2024
The film "Vampalaš" is dedicated to the Nart epic, which is based on tales of the origin and adventures of heroes-great heroes (Narts) and is widespread among a number of peoples of the North Caucasus. Occupying a prominent place in Ingush culture, it is closely connected with various Ingush surnames and societies linking their origins with the Nart heroes. After the adoption of Islam, the Narts lost their divine significance, but tales and legends about them have been preserved forever in the people's memory.


The video essay conveys the state of mind captured during the expedition to Ingushetia. The giants have "gone into montage", the past is lost in a new religion. The flow of time carries the tales into oblivion, leaving only scraps of phrases and information that have settled in the locals.

History of the project:
– June 20, 2024 – experimental documentary film screening at the bar “Ladno” (Moscow, Russia)

– Online exhibition Mémento (https://www.aedrafinearts.com/)