Polina Slavova

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[1] Automated Bodies

How does hyper consumerism affect our human bodies?

visual research

// labour // repetition // body // hands // craft // human-machine // automation // consumerism // research // yarn // crochet // video // drawings // archive

[2] Fraternal Echoes

2 phone shells, 2 small condenser microphones, 2 small speakers, PVC tubes, 2 dynamic microphones, 2 speakers

In collaboration with Nai-Suyan Ye, Sue Kim and Tijmen Lohmeijer

Produced in Tactology Lab 3

// body // human-machine // machine // technology // sound // noise // feedback //

[3] May contain traces of...

Why do we eat how we eat?

1 round table, 4 chairs, 1 tablecloth, 3 cloth napkins, 3 ceramic bowls

In collaboration with Giulia Pompilj

Produced in Spark Narration

//food // trade // colonialism // ethnography // research // installation // textile // ceramics // print // digital print // narrative // archive // map

[4] (Not) Jammed

What if machines have feelings?

installation, publication

1 printer, 1 raspberry pi

In collaboration with Nai-Syuan Ye as part of DuctTape Collective

// human-machine // machine // obsolete // technology // installation // print // narrative // noise // motors // servo motors // stepper motors // wires

[5] The Omnipresent Seat Where Time Stops

// Eastern Europe // Postsocialiasm // architecture // human behaviour // ethnography // research // narrative // archive // map

[6] Light is a trace of speed, water– of fragility

What is a city-machine?

metal racking, storage crates, 10 LED strips, paper cups, water dispenser, water, 3 sets of speakers

// labour // repetition // human-machine // automation // consumerism // exploitation // research // installation // interactive // soundscape // narrative // lights

[7] A Metamorphosis of Soviet Architecture: From a symbol of Socialism to aesthetic in a Capitalistic era

How repurposing an art form changes its ideological significance?

// Eastern Europe // Postsocialiasm // architecture // research // narrative // archive // map

How could we interact with nature more?

installation / device

1 plant, 1 screen, Arduino board, wires

// labour // human-machine // technology // interactive

[9] Together Apart

Can we exist together virtually?

// human-machine // technology // body // human behaviour // research // video // film // 3D render // narrative

[10] Speculative Chair

visual research

// labour // human behaviour // body // research // ceramics // video // print // drawings // 3D render // archive

[11] From The Craftsmen's Hands

// food // hands // craft // research // video // film // narrative

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