The Man Who Flew Into His Apartment From Space, oil on canvas, 120x100cm, 2019
The least cooperative can be the most endearing
The least cooperative can be the most endearing, mixed media, 70 x 40 x 30cm, 2020
Спутник (can you hear me?)
Спутник (can you hear me?), 2020 Polyurethane, steel, electric motor and audio Music by Nick Samuels ‘Carry On’ Sputnik in Russian has multiple meanings: companion, fellow traveller, attendant, though its meaning has become synonymous with satellites since the launch of Sputnik 1. This project came about […]
Make me hurt, with Pleasure
‘Make me hurt, with Pleasure’ is a collaborative work by Irina Starkova and Samuel Padfield exploring the ubiquity of quasi-medical aesthetic practices and the fetishization of cosmetic procedures. The resulting self-styled commercial is an inquiry into the tangibility of achieving physical improvements and the antithetical […]
Decapitulation and not decapitation
Above: 3D render on 21” screen, steel chain and rig, graphene, fabric sling. 60x70x130cm Below: HD video
Can you see me from up here?
Cookhouse Exhibition, 22 February 2018 Pigmented wax on plywood, 120x80x70cm
I can be a Table For You
I can be a Table For You (if you don’t get rid of me) Bonded bronze on steel frame 140 x 60 x 55cm
Lossless Terraforming
For this project, I developed a virtual replica of a Russian dacha, based on visits and conversations with settlers in Donino, a village in the Moscow suburbs. The village is simply called 41km, referencing its distance from Moscow. I planned and designed an in-game engine […]
Aligning yourself with forever
I started exploring cosmism as a framework for social critique and a way of confronting existing power structures. Cosmist thought interprets death as a design flaw that can be overcome by advances in technology. 3 channel video projection On a spiritual level cosmism places preservation […]
Spinning Tops
100x180cm projection HD video and EEG Brainwave Headset I was interested in exploring how we interact with an artwork. I developed an installation using 3D animation and EEG technology where the animation was activated based on the individual’s thought processes to explore how we experience […]
