Linda Boļšakova
Linda Bolsakova’s practice explores human relationships with the environment and draws parallels between human and non-human embodiments. Her work seeks to reveal connections and to contribute to the development of a stronger sense of belonging to ecosystems and to the broader community of beings that mutually inhabit the planet. It also aims to encourage the imagining of alternative ways of relating to others by creating spaces for empathic encounters and fostering a culture of sustainability. Informed by object-oriented ontology, new materialism, ecofeminism, and process philosophy, her practice acknowledges the vibrancy and relative equality of materials and other-than-human beings.
For as Long as Mountains Dance
Minerals, Human Bodies, Water Mist, Sound, Printed Material.
Is it possible to dance with the geological? If we consider dance to be the movement of material embodiments, aren’t we already dancing? The forces animating geological movements, such as gravity and heat, are also animating our bodies. Likewise, minerals formed during various geological processes currently circulate through our fleshy bodies. This work was developed through sustained engagement with geothermal sites, glacier landscapes, and lava fields in Iceland, and proposes to perceive mountains and the geological, deep-time beings not as static materialities belonging to the field of sculpture, but as dynamic beings more akin to performance. It is a speculative warm-up exercise for this dance, which takes place across times and rhythms larger than our single lifetime. Perhaps this performance and installation piece started millions of years ago and will keep on dancing through our bodies, turning into other bodies for as long as mountains dance.
For as Long as Mountains Dance
Minerals, Human Bodies, Water Mist, Sound, Printed Material.
Is it possible to dance with the geological? If we consider dance to be the movement of material embodiments, aren’t we already dancing? The forces animating geological movements, such as gravity and heat, are also animating our bodies. Likewise, minerals formed during various geological processes currently circulate through our fleshy bodies. This work was developed through sustained engagement with geothermal sites, glacier landscapes, and lava fields in Iceland, and proposes to perceive mountains and the geological, deep-time beings not as static materialities belonging to the field of sculpture, but as dynamic beings more akin to performance. It is a speculative warm-up exercise for this dance, which takes place across times and rhythms larger than our single lifetime. Perhaps this performance and installation piece started millions of years ago and will keep on dancing through our bodies, turning into other bodies for as long as mountains dance.
