Solo exhibition. War Chronicles

Spanning two rooms, it includes a real tank barrier surrounded by semi-transparent fabric, onto which a 3D-generated sea made of bones is projected, bombarded by Iskander missiles. This served as a stage for the performance.

During the performance, for two hours, the artist sat on a tank barrier, her naked body was covered in white powder, and she wore a wreath made of frozen red beet juice in the shape of flowers on her head. As the wreath gradually melted, veiling her body in a blood-like liquid, Vasilyeva simultaneously knitted on the ribbons and sang the Soviet children’s song „The Song of the Mammoth Calf“, in which the protagonist, a baby mammoth, desperately searches for his mother in the sea.

Across from the performance, there was an additional video projection showcasing witches with beards playing around on a tank. In the adjacent room, four more video projections were displayed. Two wall-spanning video projections included „The Last Supper“, a video performance of a cannibalistic dinner, and a video collage featuring a human centipede. On two projection surfaces, inspired by military standards or war flags, there were displays of a braided stomach and a 3D collage depicting a kimono filled with intestines and a cut-out of the artist’s upper body.

Solo exhibition: Mariya Vasilyeva – war chronicles
Exhibition duration: January 28th – February 8th
On view: Halle 6, Dachauer Straße 112d, 80636 Munich