OLGA VOLODINA
Olga Volodina ART
ART & SOCIAL PROJECTS
MY IDENTITY
Childhood memories are never crystal clear. Returning to them, we complete them by brushing layer by layer.
Sometimes it is very difficult to hack a memory if the memories are traumatic or do not fit into the concept of the present. You want to be as honest as possible. Where the image blurs and gradually flows into pure abstraction, you can only trust your own sensations and feelings. Senses of fear, anger and resentment caused by constant attempts to assimilate in a place full of xenophobia and intolerance.
During her childhood, the author experienced discrimination and violence, which obscured her understanding of her identity, nationality, and sense of belonging. Through this art project, she delves into her past to uncover her true 'self'.
FROM LOVE TO HATE
This project explores the artist’s relationships with men at different stages of her life. Drawing from her personal experience of heterosexual relationships, Olga reflects on love, sex, friendship, jealousy, rivalry, disappointment, and other conflicting emotions that arise in her interactions with men. Using ironic metaphors and everyday objects, she creates still-life compositions that tell intimate stories – whether they last just moments or span years. The artist is intrigued by both fleeting emotions and deep, thoughtful feelings. She finds inspiration in everything from failed speed dates to long-term romantic connections.
OUR AI FUTURE
Who benefits from robotics and the rapid development of artificial
intelligence?
Is this a path to human development or its degradation?
Are we on the path to collapse and decline?
With this project, I aim to highlight pressing issues related to the rapid
development and implementation of AI in all spheres of our lives.
What awaits us in this rapidly developing future?
Does humanity need machines that think, create, and work for us while
depleting the natural resources necessary for human life?
I've only just begun researching this topic, and I'm sure I have many more
questions to address...
M2F
The M2F project is a series of black and white nude photographs of transgender women.
The author deliberately chose a calm tone of classic sensual black-and-white nude photography, emphasizing the human body's beauty, which is beyond gender. Masculine and feminine are harmoniously combined in these pictures, showing how sensual and aesthetically pleasing a transgender woman can be in her transition from male to female. This series of photographs focuses on composition, light, smooth lines, and harmony. Black and white photographs are sensual and calmly convey the beauty of combining male and female in one body.
IMAGINARIUM
Imaginarium is Olga's view on human nature, the hypocrisy and double standards of modern society, hyperconnectivity, obsession with smartphones and social media addiction, religion, politics, environmental issues, and controversial historical facts.
Executed in surreal and, sometimes, grotesque manner, these images open a door to the world of Olga's dreams and fantasies, where history, literature and current events are all mixed up and transformed into something symbolic and metaphorical.
MEAT GRINDER
“Meat Grinder" is a stop-motion video that explores the tragic fate of a generation taken hostage by a perverse system rife with double standards and manipulative propaganda. In this world of hypocrisy and cruelty of the chosen few, the illusion of stability and security masks the real purpose of individuals: to be cannon fodder, mere resources for the system when the time comes...
