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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CURATORIAL PROJECTS

ART WORKS


PHOGRAPHY / VIDEO
Cryonics


2023
Cryonics is a technology for deep cooling of animals and plants to preserve them for the future.
 
In my project, I aim to freeze the memories of a summer garden: to recreate the singing of birds, the sound of wind or construction work in the neighboring plots. 

It is an auditory photograph that aims to transport the listener into a summer garden atmosphere. 

The music for the work was written in the VCV Rack program.

History of the project:
– June 2024 - participation in the competition "Sound Experiments" (Institut Français, Moscow, Russia)