INSTALLATIONS
Making installations is one of my greatest loves. I love developing a concept from the very first idea to its final form, bringing an entire world to life.
Here is a selection of my favorite installations created during my studies at AVU. Large-scale spaces, sculptural forms, scenography, sound and the harmony between different forms of media.
Making installations is one of my greatest loves. I love developing a concept from the very first idea to its final form, bringing an entire world to life.
Here is a selection of my favorite installations created during my studies at AVU. Large-scale spaces, sculptural forms, scenography, sound and the harmony between different forms of media.
Concept: An immersive experience and spatial installation where physical vibrations take the place of traditional sound, inviting visitors to slow down, feel, and perceive movement and resonance within their own bodies rather than just listening.
SECRET
CODE
Performance / Video Installation / Embroidery
Secret Code is about our attachment to thoughts, memories and everything we carry within ourselves.
I wanted to explore hair as roots, connecting us to the earth, our identity and our past. Using myself as a medium, I tried to visualize how we hold on to certain thoughts and how we can slowly let them go.
I wrote a ten-line poem, each line representing a decade of life, and embroidered it with thread over three days. With every line, I imagined releasing
another layer of attachment.
The performance later became a three-screen video installation, combining the main performance with my glitch-processed voice, close-up details and a fast morphing video.
The performance later became a three-screen video installation, combining the main performance with my glitch-processed voice, close-up details and a fast morphing video.
Together with the hair, branches and embroidered poem, the installation became something like an altar.
For me, it's about noticing what we carry inside and allowing ourselves to become a little lighter.
Sculptural Installation / Mixed Media / Sound
This work was born from my exploration of fearlessness, Ukrainian symbolism and everything I was experiencing during that period of my life.
I was thinking about spring in Ukraine. Even during war, nature continues to bloom. I wanted to capture this contrast between something so fragile and beautiful, and the painful reality surrounding it.
I spent six months researching symbols from Ukrainian history, learning new techniques and experimenting with materials. I worked with plaster, wire, epoxy resin and soft metals, trying to bring the images from my mind into physical form.
I transformed the Ukrainian coat of arms into something like a magical symbol, with delicate flowers growing from it. From the flowers, a liquid flows and forms a pool, leading to a cross-shaped memorial made from zinc and tin, dedicated to those who lost their lives in the war.
The entire structure rests on a base of salt. For me, salt represents pain, the feeling of a wound, but also the strength that can grow from it.
I wanted the objects and sound to create a dialogue with the viewer, almost as if the installation could speak for itself.
This work is very personal to me. It is about going through difficult experiences, falling and finding the strength to rise again. About understanding the value of being alive, of our feelings, and of our place in this world.
For me, fearlessness is not the absence of pain. It is the ability to keep living, feeling and growing through it.
OF
LIFE
Sculptural Installation / Metal / Light / Mixed Media
Spiral of Life is an installation exploring the endless cycle of existence, from the beginning of life to its transformation and disappearance.
During that period, I found myself thinking more and more about death. Not as something positive or negative, but as som
I wanted to explore this cycle through symbols and materials that connect us to nature and our own existence.
The spiral became the central form of the work. For me, it represents infinity, continuous movement and the idea that everything transforms rather than simply ends.
I worked with stones as the foundation, a strong core
that supports our feelings and emotions. A red light represents
the heart, while plants become a kind of protection, filtering what enters our inner world.
that supports our feelings and emotions. A red light represents
the heart, while plants become a kind of protection, filtering what enters our inner world.
I also created a metal plate representing the chronology of existence. Everything begins with the four elements: fire, water, earth and air. Then comes life, and eventually death.
I was interested in what happens beyond what we can see or understand. We don't know what comes after life, but we can imagine, believe and create our own interpretations.
For me, the spiral is a way of accepting change. A reminder to appreciate every stage of existence, even the ones we don't fully understand.
An endless cycle. An endless transformation.
MEDICATION
2022 / Performance / Video Installation / Mixed Media / Sound
Medication tells the story of a nameless creature wandering through the wilderness of a deep forest, lost in its thoughts and disconnected from its own essence.
At some point, the creature begins to hear sounds, vibrations and music. Slowly, something starts to change. The heaviness begins to dissolve, making space for awareness, light and self-acceptance.
This work is deeply connected to my own life. I wanted to explore the parts of myself that I struggled to accept and the constant movement between light and darkness. Over time, I began to understand that both are part of our experience.
The performance became a personal ritual. I filmed it in the forest at low temperatures because I wanted to truly feel the environment and connect with the creature I had imagined, rather than simply represent it.
I also created the sound for this
It became an essential part of the creature's transformation, guiding it from confusion and heaviness towards awareness and self-acceptance.
Through the installation, I wanted to bring the viewer into this fictional world, using physical objects that carry their own symbolism and connect with one another.
Flowers represent growth and the presence of life. The crystal becomes something like a hard drive for my consciousness, holding what I carry within. Ropes symbolize the paths of life and the invisible connections between everything.
For me, Medication is about returning to myself through nature, sound and the process of creating. About discovering that even the most difficult feelings can become part of something meaningful.