Anna Nova Gallery presents another solo project by Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov – "The Moth and the Bat Flying to the Light". The artist explores the subject of the “foreign” and the friend/foe limits. He is concerned to know how these statuses come to be in the society – both in terms of social interaction and physically.
As the name of the project implies, the starting points for the artistic research are the images of a moth and a bat. Ilya attempts to discover how tolerance levels between the animal and human communities interrelate. For instance, a butterfly is a symbol of gender transition, as this insect transfigures not only in terms of its looks, but its brain and the digestive system change completely, too. Watching bats, they’ve noticed that differently colored animals become outcasts in the colony. The artist extrapolates this case to people, studying the boundaries of normal, aggression, and foreignness.
The exposition occupies both floors of the gallery. At the ground floor, there is a total installation covering communications between humans and moths. During the exhibition, the gallery will become a performance venue for vogue dancers, whose choreography the artist associates with how insects move.
The public program includes an artist tour, an art mediation, and a talk with the artist.
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