Inga Cholmogorova
Niederlande (Nederland)
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Raum-Installation
Stil: Minimal / Konzeptkunst
Statement:
I work on location and through the analyses and interpretation of a given space I make site & context specific works, which result in installations or performances. What I try to do on each site is to make something that is already there present in a way that it becomes experienceable for the public. I create site responsive environments for an experience and possible interaction of the visitors, inviting them to alter their perception to be able to discover new aspects of the given reality by taking an active part in production of meaning.
My work deals with an ever-changing nature of things and concepts of space and time, beauty, impermanence and memory. The form echoes the content, my work is different from moment-to-moment and impermanent being specific to the particular place and time. I am interested in investigating our perception of ourselves and the space around us as well as notions of absence and presence. Issues such as borders, separations and interconnectivity are reoccurring themes. Personal and cultural memory and associations play an important role addressing issues of perception, communication, language and gender.
I deal with both the inherent poetics as well as the politics of the space. I reformulate the space by adding, taking away or switching things around usually working with taken-for-granted aspects of specific location, making spatial interventions such as blocking and separating, framing and misplacing. Improvisation is a key word to describe my attitude towards the given space, would it be installation or performance I make. We improvise when we cease to know what is going to happen and it happens to me every time I approach a new site, where I start blank with whatever is given, including myself, audience and materials at hand.
A careful observation of the space as it is and the meaning of the location is a starting point of my work. Staying receptive to the smallest details allows the space to reveal its unique qualities for discovery of beauty in its unconventional, imperfect and impermanent properties. An architectural characteristic or a certain defect could trigger my imagination, evoke a memory or an association, which is further translated into the piece. In this process intellectual and intuitive research goes hand in hand, where the history of the place as well as its present condition and current use is yet another layer of the investigation. I work conceptually and not bound to any medium or technique. It is the space that dictates the choice of material, which is the most suitable to make invisible things manifest in the given situation. I prefer to use materials from my immediate surroundings or trivial materials like sticky tape, sewing thread or plastic sheeting. I aim to manipulate the viewer's perception and mood by confronting one's expectations. I transform the space by minimal and subtle spatial gesture, emphasising something what is always there creating a place for the mental space and time for a moment of stillness, bringing attention to the present moment and one's own presence. My artwork denies the expected functionality of the object or space, instead functions to stop the viewer caught in the habitual perception and unleash something that is normally rushed through and suppressed, evoking daydreaming, memory, associations and imagination.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Lithuania, 1975. Currently lives and works in Amsterdam.
Education
2004 – 2008 BA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1997 – 2000 MA in International Communication, Vilnius University and Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
1993 – 1997 BA in Journalism, Communictaion Faculty at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Exhibitions
November 2009 - March 2010
"Paper Love" a solo exhibition with a live performance together with Sarah Benn during the opening at Cozy, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009
"Blow Job" (Red Edition) a live performance during the symposium "Alles Onder Controle?" organized by VeerStichting in Pieterskerk, Leiden
"Ongekend Young Masters@Auction" a group exhibition/auction, Prins Hendrikkade 33, Amsterdam
"Hubris" a group exhibition in Vedea under the umbrella of Stadsvisioenen Mechelen, Belgium
"Respiration" a solo presentation of a site-specific installation in the "Amerika" Gebouw (Atlas complex, Arena Bijlmer), Amsterdam
"Judgmental" an intervention during the Rietveld Exhibition "Evil", Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
A live performance after Nam June Paik ("TV-Buddha" 1974) during the performance night "Evil Nite", Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2008
"False Distinction #2" an intervention in a 10- year overview exhibition, Galerie Rudolf V, Amsterdam
“Kopie” - Documented Now! a group exhibition, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Eindexamententoonstelling 2008, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
MudPiE a group presentation, W139, Amsterdam
"Rietveld in De Kerk" a group exhibition, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2007
"False Distinction" a solo presentation of a site-specific installation, open atelier Jan Tooropstraat, Amsterdam
"Afwezig" a group exhibition, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn
"Shame or Desire?" a performance night, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn
2006
"Van Der Madeweg Project", a group exhibition, Van Der Madeweg Project 16, Amsterdam
Earlier Shows
2004 "Young International Photograhers" , a group exhibition, ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam
2004 “Me, Mysrelf & I” a solo exhibition of self-portraits , Stiklo Karoliukai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 ART LT a group exhibition (curator), ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam
2003 “Me, Myself & I”, RudolfV Galerie, Amsterdam
2003 "Focus op Fotografie" a group exhibition, Galerie Kessel, Laren
2003 A group exhibition at Amsterdam Centrum Voor Fotografie (ACF), Amsterdam
Projects and Training
2009 Performance workshop with "Teatr Novogo Fronta" (St. Petersburg) at Overtroom 301, Amsterdam
2008 Workshop with Wim Kok and Frank Mandersloot MudPiE of artistic research on art as art and art and life
2007 Residency "Afwezig" at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn
2007 Performance and video workshop "Shame and desire?" with Danielle van Vree and Rick Stout at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
I work on location and make site&context specific works, resulting as installations and performances.
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