WESCHDOK / ВЕЩДОК EXHIBITION
Акварельная серия «Вещдок» создана по мотивам исследования Александра Кондакова «Преступления на почве ненависти против ЛГБТ в России». Работы серии вошли в печатное издание в качестве иллюстраций. «Вещдок» - это следы вещей, которые оказались участниками, соучастниками, свидетелями. Тени объектов, проявившиеся на бумаге, – это то, что осталось от них после злодеяния.
Die Aquarellserie “Wetschdok” (Beweismittel) basiert sich auf der Forschung von Alexander Kondakow “Hassverbrechen gegen LGBT in Russland”. Die Werke der Serie wurden als Illustration in die Printausgabe aufgenommen.
“Wetschdok” sind Spuren von Dingen, die sich als Teilnehmer, Mitbeteiligte, Zeugen herausstellten. Die Schatten von Gegenständen, die auf Papier erschienen, sind nach der Gräueltat von ihnen übrig geblieben.
Another one of my projects for Quarteera e.V., a Russian-speaking LGBT+ Organisation based in Berlin.
I got to work on a couple of layouts and graphics for this exhibition, including a catalogue for the whole project, postcards with four different designs, posters and graphics for Instagram and Facebook.
This project is based on the artwork of a lovely Polina Zaslavskaia, queer feminist artist from Russia. It was the first time for me working with such a heartbreaking theme: it was important for us to make something possibly non-triggering, but also to keep the seriousness of the project.
The watercolor series Physical Evidence was inspired by Alexander Kondakov’s research project Hate Crimes against LGBT People in Russia. Works from the series were featured as illustrations in the printed edition of the project report.
Physical Evidence confronts viewers with traces of things that were participants, accomplices, and witnesses. The shadows of things, as embodied on paper, are all that is left of them after the wrongdoing has been perpetrated. They are like memories that leave behind only the outlines of events after violence has occurred. The relations between the people involved do not matter, nor does it matter what function the thing served before the event. Only what is left behind matters, as we reconstruct the calamity for the sake of knowing, based on facts and evidence.Posters:
Postcards:
Catalogue:
Facebook Cover:
Instagram Graphics:
Art vs the artist (shameless plug):
In conclusion I would like to say how important I think this type of art is: we don't get to deal with themes like this a lot in the design-community, and I believe that should change. We have to remember while we may be safe, in some parts of the world or even around us the situation is still dangerous and threatening.
I thank Quarteera e.V. for giving me a chance to work on this important topic.
