Albanac

Anastasiya Albokrinova

2020
In storage

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About the work

This book in the form of a lightbox consists of five chapters. The text and illustrations of each are on transparent plastic cards that are viewed using the illuminated surface of the lightbox.

Zhiguli Gradient: For several months the artist photographed sunsets on the Volga and created a collection of sky gradients. You can look at the cards with the images separately or place them on top of each other to create your own Zhiguli gradient.

Ineradicable Kingdoms: A collection of objects that hold various memories for the artist. For Albanac Albokrinova held a “parting” ritual with these things, organizing them into “kingdoms” and providing a description and provenance for each.

Reading Endlessly: A set of paired cards that can be used to create words which change meaning when the order of syllables is changed (la/ska — ska/la).

New Russian Heraldry: The coats of arms of various Russian cities are cut into pieces and painted in psychedelic colors. You can use them to make your own version of a heraldic symbol.

Prozac: Pages from the Samara newspaper Kul’tura and the regional edition of Kommersant are transformed into quasi‑literary texts using blackouts.

The book was created as part of the Garage Library project Single Copy.

About the artist

  • Anastasiya Albokrinova

    Year of birth: 1987
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    Anastasia Albokrinova was born in Kuibyshev. She graduated in Environmental Design from Samara State Architecture and Construction University (2010) and from Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design (Moscow, 2011). She worked as a senior specialist at the Mid‑Volga Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Arts (2016–2018), assistant curator of the 10th Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art (2018), and art director and curator of Victoria Gallery (Samara). She was the co‑founder of the non‑commercial space XI Rooms (Samara, 2008–2010). She is the author of articles and education programs in the field of contemporary art. She has participated in group exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including Between Fatigue: Toward New Forms of Life (Railway Workers’ House of Culture, Yekaterinburg, 2017) and the 2nd Ice Biennale (Samara, 2019).

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