SHADOW SELF
(Leeza Pritychenko)
SHADOW SELF is speculative attempt to investigate a namesake psychological concept — a dark, subconscious, usually suppressed and rejected part of the identity that lives within every human, and to see: what would happen if one would be able to face it as if they're looking in the mirror?
Standing next to an interactive projection powered by Kinect, you encounter an infernal creature from the depth repeating your movements in erratic and distorted way. Shown as WIP demo on SATURNALIA 2018.
For a VJ set of Saturnalia 2018 the virtual environment of Shadow Self was adapted to the idea what the ancient Roman Saturnalia festival used to be: wild and indulgent festivity celebrating life and liberation in the name of a god Saturn. The visuals are showing wild mythical creatures such as dryads, satyrs and golems dancing together on a macabre celebration in a dark, vast otherworldly landscape.
Installed during SATURNALIA FESTIVAL
Macao, Milano / 23-24.06.2018
LEEZA PRITYCHENKO is a multi-disciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. Her work centers around exploring the meaning and emotion of humanness through the lens of digital media and technology, while marrying dark existentialism and the eeriness of the subconscious with nonsense and questioning the habitual reality around us. Having shown her work and participated in the events across Europe and the US, she is currently juggling between independent art practice, freelance projects, VJ-ing and a career as a part of the “Department of New Realities”.
Art & words: LEEZA PRITYCHENKO
Curator: VITALY WEBER
SHADOW SELF
(Leeza Pritychenko)
SHADOW SELF is speculative attempt to investigate a namesake psychological concept — a dark, subconscious, usually suppressed and rejected part of the identity that lives within every human, and to see: what would happen if one would be able to face it as if they're looking in the mirror?
Standing next to an interactive projection powered by Kinect, you encounter an infernal creature from the depth repeating your movements in erratic and distorted way. Shown as WIP demo on SATURNALIA 2018.
For a VJ set of Saturnalia 2018 the virtual environment of Shadow Self was adapted to the idea what the ancient Roman Saturnalia festival used to be: wild and indulgent festivity celebrating life and liberation in the name of a god Saturn. The visuals are showing wild mythical creatures such as dryads, satyrs and golems dancing together on a macabre celebration in a dark, vast otherworldly landscape.
Installed during SATURNALIA FESTIVAL
Macao, Milano / 23-24.06.2018
LEEZA PRITYCHENKO is a multi-disciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. Her work centers around exploring the meaning and emotion of humanness through the lens of digital media and technology, while marrying dark existentialism and the eeriness of the subconscious with nonsense and questioning the habitual reality around us. Having shown her work and participated in the events across Europe and the US, she is currently juggling between independent art practice, freelance projects, VJ-ing and a career as a part of the “Department of New Realities”.
Art & words: LEEZA PRITYCHENKO
Curator: VITALY WEBER