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.
Solo exhibition. War Chronicles 
Solo exhibition. War Chronicles 
Solo exhibition. War Chronicles 
Solo exhibition. War Chronicles 
Solo exhibition. War Chronicles
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
