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
Somer


2022
A short movie about the birth, life and oblivion of Androgynus, as well as about the invisible hand of power that decides his fate.

The gods create an ideal man, an androgyne, but because of his desire for freedom they tear him in half, thus destroying harmony and balance in the world.

Drawing on literary and philosophical experiences from the past, Somer's film explores issues of self-determination and neurodiversity today.  The work is inspired by Plato's dialog "The Feast" and Benedict Livshitz's poem "Androgyne."

History of the project:
– March-May 14, 2023 – participation in the "New Monochrome" exhibition (IGUMO, Moscow, Russia)

– April 2023 – participation in Art Moscow at Gostinnom Dvor (Moscow, Russia)

– July 5, 2023 – participation in the HSE Creative Open competition (3rd place)

– July 16, 2023 – participation in the "Zh I V I N K A" exhibition at Peredelkino (Moscow, Russia)

– September 2023 – participation in the "Repeating the Past" exhibition (HSE Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia)

– April-May 2024 – participation in the "Mertsaniye" exhibition (ART & BRUT Gallery, Moscow, Russia)

– May 2024 – participation in the YouthCore Festival (Belgrad, Serbia)

– January, 2025 – HSE ART GALLERY x SmolShorts (Vinzavod, Moscow, Russia)