Katya Mordvinkina (b. 1999, Stavropol) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Moscow. She currently studies at HSE Art & Design School. In her practice, Mordvinkina works with language and its main attributes, the word and the gesture. She is particularly interested in the language of authority and its use in political oppression, which she deconstructs in her plays—situations focused on the interaction between the power and its “spectators.” In other projects, Mordvinkina turns to working with fabrics, exploring the etymological and semantic connection between text and textiles and the ability of first one to reduce the image.
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Augmented Reality, 2019. In this series, the artist explores the divide between the natural and the artificial through highlighting the contrast between the two
Augmented Reality, 2019. The scarce patches of urban nature look out of place in the busy cityscapes, reminding one of the Soviet tradition of covering imperfections on the walls with rugs
Augmented Reality, 2019
Augmented Reality, 2019
Attention, Very High Speed, 2021. The textile collage shows the urban reality artificially constructed by the authorities
Attention, Very High Speed, 2021
Not a Single Gesture, 2021. This participatory trilogy reflects on the power relations between the authorities and an individual, focusing on gestures used by political and religious leaders. Photo: Artyom Shustrov
Not a Single Gesture, 2021. The three plays take the viewer to different settings, from a dinner party to a sports event and a courtroom. Photo: Artyom Shustrov
Not a Single Gesture, 2021. Photo: Artyom Shustrov
Not a Single Gesture, 2021. Photo: Artyom Shustrov
