Childhood is always a period of absolute anonymity, only you can remember something about yourself. Turning personal memory into myth, fairy tale, and nature, we decided to make the main action a game with the dog as a symbolic return to the dacha practices from childhood. Interacting with intimate notes and diaries from childhood is a good method for reflection and reconstruction of memories. Is it possible to not only reconstruct childhood, but also to share the memory of it with someone else?

Project ‘Countryside Practices: Seasonal Proximity’ took place in a special place — a dacha in the village of Lustdorf. The show took place for one day.
In the attic we showed our old diary entries, notes, clippings, photos, books that we made, film scripts, archaeological finds from our childhood. Music from dierent periods was playing on the cd player.

Duo-exhibition in collaboration with Maria Silchenko
Performative act, installation, diaries, photos, CD player, postcards drawings
Special project for the 5th Odesa Biennale of Contemporary Art «Country practices: Seasonal proximity» Curated by Alexandra Tryanova

Photos by Christopher Pugmire