A series of works "Genesis of Dust" is a part of "Memory Dust Collector" project, which also includes a site-specific installation "Vladimir Piano’s Trace". They were first presented at the dust collector pipes site in the former Factory of Musical Instruments in Vladimir. "Memory Dust Collector" is a political minimalism about the departing Soviet nature and a lyrical reflection on gentrification. It is a story about how the past is inevitably erased and forgotten. The main medium is the dust collected at the factory site. It was not only a part of the production process, but also the last archival material preserving memory. The reference for the paintings were photographs of the dust on different surfaces found by the author in the factory spaces. By returning the dust to the place and making it visible, the artist returns one of its components to the area. The component which was previously agreed to be erased and not to be taken into consideration.
Natalya Kuzmina (born 1995, Vladimir) is an artist. Academic education received in 2017 at the Institute of Arts and Art Education VLSU majoring in Pedagogical Education (Fine Arts). In 2020 she graduated from the Department of Contemporary Art of the Higher School "Sreda Obuchenia" in the program "Theory and History of Contemporary Art", workshop of Arseny Zhilyaev. She lives and works in St. Petersburg.
In her art projects Natalya works with the process of loss of the significant and focuses on traces of the absent: materials, documents, archives, objects as well as memories and memorable rituals. The artist conceptualizes the origin of meanings in traces, their possibility of becoming data carriers and archives, and ways of representing memory and remembrance. The main mediums are painting, installation, videoart, and participatory practices.
In Vladimir Natalya was one of the founders and participants of a self-organization, during the activities of which she supported and realized many projects, from regional festivals and exhibitions at the federal museum company to private initiatives.
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