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Poberezhniuk Ziu
“I didn’t really grow up until 2022, when a full-scale war broke out. This was when I first allowed myself to dream about my home. Before that, it seemed to me something very adult, and therefore I also seemed to myself not enough for such a thing.
I am looking for my home very aggressively. Sometimes I feel like I can’t handle this frustration. I look and look at ads for houses for sale, I look into every window of someone else’s house and imagine that I could live here.
I can’t bear this waiting and sorting out the options. I want to have my own home already. I want to choose curtains and dishes, I want to accommodate my rules and my understanding of comfort in a specific building. Fast, immediate, very aggressive.“
“My declaration of the artist is an anti-declaration. I do not consider myself an artist.
Most likely, I’m just a researcher. Foremost, I’m looking for myself and my place in my country, in the world, in art.
I used to look for myself in other fields – journalism, public activities, texts, but the most successful tool was the collage.
In my work, I explore topics that are close to me at the time of creation. Now it is about separation, self-understanding and becoming an independent person. And since February 2022, this topic has crystallized even more clearly for me, because my homeland Ukraine is now fighting for its independence and is separating from russia and the colonial past.
Most often, collage for me is a battlefield with myself. How far can I go beyond my own narrow thinking? Will I allow myself to tear off pieces of paper instead of carefully cutting out every millimeter? Will I be able to grow deeper?
My collages are just me, made up of different pieces, colors and shapes. My collages grow and change with me or stagnate in the middle of the road….”
