Daria Melnikova
dal 29/7/2015 al 29/7/2015
Segnalato da
29/7/2015
Daria Melnikova
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
A performance conceived as an embodiment of Melnikova's work during her time in residence at KW. An installation composed of materials and aesthetics reminiscent of a cross between an office cubicle and a break room.
KW’s artist-in-residence Daria Melnikova invites you to meet Roy, the outgoing entrepreneur who has played a major role in her work at KW. Roy is throwing an informal get-together for all his friends; please join him for drinks and conversations. Daria Melnikova is the recipient of the first kim? Residency Award, organized by kim? Contemporary Art Centre.
The performance is conceived as an embodiment of Daria Melnikova’s work during her time in residence at KW, a project still in progress. The work itself is a 3-dimensional construction, an installation composed of materials and aesthetics reminiscent of a cross between an office cubicle and a break room.
Blocks of homemade cheese supplement the construction. The material was selected for its outward shape, specifically the form of Caciocavallo, which brings to mind cartoon-style moneybags. It contrasts to the technical aluminum tubes used, maintaining the balance between the artificial/synthetic and the natural/live materials of the structure. Its etymology is also involved – “big cheese” – an important person, “cheese” (informal) – money.
The performance brings the space’s fictional occupant, its worker, to life for a social interaction: it introduces Roy. Roy is a “big cheese” - the owner of Roy’s Enterprise, a finance and consulting company that aims to provide brighter futures (the company slogan: Say “Cheese!” to the future).
The annual kim? Residency Award is a residency programme for an exceptionally promising Latvian artist or an artist duo. The winner of the first kim? Residency Award (Daria Melnikova) spent a period from May to August, 2015 in KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. In 2016 the winner will be able to participate in the ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York and in 2017 the residency host will be Gasworks, Gallery, Studios and International Residency Programme in London.
Daria Melnikova (1984) attended the Art Academy of Latvia, Department of Visual Communication. Recent exhibitions include Brewing Harmony at Gallery Vita Kuben, Umeå, Sweden (2014); A Green Silhouette of Grey at kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2014) and Dashing Lines and Forming Heaps at kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2011). Melnikova’s work has been shown in group exhibitions such as Le fragole del Baltico at Careof, Milan (2015); Lily's Pool at Art in General, New York (2015); Literacy-Illiteracy at the 16th Tallinn Print Triennial, KUMU, Tallinn (2014); Present Tense at Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar (2014); Aspen –Kemmern at kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2014); Vortex at Project Space Garage, Moscow (2014); Sculpture Is Space at Hobusepea, Tallinn (2013) and 24 Spaces – Cacophony, Malmö Konsthall, Malmo (2013). Daria Melnikova is the winner of the first kim? Residency Award.
The event will be held in English. Free entrance.
Image: Daria Melnikova
Press Contact: Harita Maniņa, harita.manina@kim.lv
July 30, 8pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststrasse 69, Berlin