Petr Kirusha’s (b. 1978.
Since the start of the lockdown in March 2020, he has been drawing personal situations suggested by the Facebook feed in his sketchbook, and then photographing the sketchbook page or screen to re-launch it on social networks; it is kind of a way to introduce organic images to a place where, one would think, on the contrary, any organic form should turn into a smooth object; it's like letting a worm into an apple. Thus, the totality of his drawings and paintings makes up a Heuristic map of his memories and situations that he experienced or which he shared on social networks. The impression that the images are floating through the air like flittering scotomas, the optical effect of memories and actinic spots (so-called phosphenes) is being created, and as a result the picture continues to flicker in the visual area even after it disappears – if, let´s say, you close your eyes.
“Glitch” comes up from his works, a glitch in the image. The color spots do not perfectly reproduce the picture, as if it was hastily scanned in 3D: some elements are clearly distinguishable, while others are not memorized by the machine. This way Petr Kirusha expresses the great confusion reigning in memory, when, in order to recreate the history, we need to find and glue the pieces found in the realm of the forgotten.
Nicolas Audureau
