Lesia Maruschak: Project MARIA
This page contains 3 videos by Lesia Maruschak:
KRAINA
THE EMPTY CHAIR
TRANSFIGURATION
THE DIGGERS: A MEMORY OF MAKING
RHYTHMOS – may be viewed on the artist page
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KRAINA
26 min. 27 sec.
The Empty Chair
5 min 17 sec.
Nature is a space we seem to have distanced ourselves from. "
the empty CHAIR project is a series of invitations and exploration of my relationship with nature. Starting with an old mirror – I look into it and this is the first point of dialogue. Stepping onto a fragile chair I spend time facing North, South, East and West. My body interacts with the environment and I capture these moments with my camera. The experience is a conversation with the environment – organic and spontaneous interactions.
This series is dedicated to Peter Lindbergh.
Maruschak Presents Transfiguration
The Diggers: a memory of making
08 min. 21 seconds
Her work is founded in materiality, through the use of ancient artistic methods including encaustics, egg tempera and gilding which all stem from her practice as a Byzantine artist. Through these processes she manifests a profound visual representation of loss and migration. Strong influences of the Canadian prairies resonate throughout her practice. It is here that she makes many of her images, and where the landscape plays an integral role in her “process of making” as best exemplified in her film "The Diggers".