Meet & Greet w/ Lisa Deikun a Iryna Loskot

We invite you to our summer edition of Meet & Greet, a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with artists in our community.

This time you will be introduced to our artists-in-residence Lisa Deikun from Belarus, who is currently based in Poland, and Ukrainian artist Iryna Loskot.

LISA DEIKUN (BY)  is interested in human-and-objects relations, queerness, and the intersection of The Real and The Unreal. Central to her narrative are human-object relationships, which she renders through the tactile mediums of weaving, embossing, and installation. These techniques amplify the delicate nature of these connections, embodying their emotional fragility in material form. She is interested in things that can be touched, so she enjoys making zines and sculptural objects and incorporating found objects into her work. Amid her artistic journey lies the universal feeling of alienation, the sentiment of disconnection from self, others, and the world underscores the human experience. Experimenting and engaging with a diverse array of materials, she tries to explore this sentiment, fostering solace in shared struggles and forging meaningful connections through vulnerability.

IRYNA LOSKOT (UA) in her practice explores the exploitation of the environment and resistance to this exploitation. In her works, Iryna creates a common space of memory for humans and non-humans. Her approach involves evoking empathy for non-humans by revealing their presence in the individual memory of a person.

The residency program is supported using public funding by the Slovak Arts Council. The Slovak Arts Council is the main partner of this project.

The residency of Lisa Deikun is organized thanks to the partnership with Malý Berlín and Pershykrok.by.