Creative cluster “Summer at the Factory”
Sysert,2022
A knitted installation made of flax and copper symbolizes a rethinking of the traditions of the times when the Turchaninov-Solomirsky plant was working at full capacity. As you know, only men worked at the plant and processed, among other things, copper. Women in those days took care of the house and processed flax (the Urals have the oldest flax deposits), which provided food and clothing to the entire working family. Just as trees are currently growing through the buildings of the factory, supporting the walls with new strength, my installation as a combination of the masculine and feminine principles, as the birth of a new force, as rebirth supports the walls of the old factory. In addition, the installation symbolizes a new rune, carrying the meaning “beginning”, “perfection”, which gives the plant even greater power.
