DARIA GNATCHENKO
Daria Gnatchenko (b. 2003) is a Paris-based artist and curator currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Ecology of Arts and Media at Université Paris 8. Her practice spans digital media — photography, video, 3D graphics — as well as exhibition-making and writing.

Daria’s work explores ecology, posthuman perspectives, and the “hacking” of habitual notions of the human in the world. Recent projects focus on the idea of connection and coexistence — between people, nature, technology, animals — and on states of fluidity in identity and gender. She often returns to the theme of loneliness, not only as a painful condition but also as a fundamental and even generative aspect of human existence.

Her recent research examines installations that incorporate earth as a medium and the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, using these approaches to envision posthumanist worlds and reflect on the temporalities of catastrophe and the end of the Anthropocene.

Her method combines research and visual experimentation, weaving personal experience into contemporary philosophical and cultural discourses. Through this approach, Daria seeks to create spaces where fragile yet resilient forms of life and thought can emerge.

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PHOGRAPHY / VIDEO
Amauros

2024
"Amauros," from Latin, means absolute blindness. This zine features photographs taken with my father's camera. As the camera aged, the images gradually became obscured. It struggled increasingly to find focus, and by the end of its "life," each picture had become a set of blurred color patches.

The photography in this work serves as a metaphor for fading memories. It's also an autobiographical portrayal of my journey to detach from my deep connection to my father and find my own creative medium and path.

The zine is represented in:

Moscow:
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Library
Gallery “GROUND Solyanka”
PERSPECTIVA photo laboratory
Bookshop “Klub Klub”

Paris:
Fanzinarium
Le Monte-en-l'air