Maria Arkhipova
Phantasmagoria
About the Item
The phantasmagoria medium, which became widespread in the XVI century because of the Laterna Magica attraction as the beginning of immersion art, for the first time allowed the viewer to experience the depth and dynamics of static images. And two centuries later, with the advent of Argand-Lampe, there were performances of full immersion with three-dimensional effects that seemed to overcome the gap with the ancestors and plunge into the otherworldly world, like the magic of spiritualistic seances. In these works, Maria Arkhipova translates phantasmagoric art into digital space, saturating it with surreal and multi-level images, which, entering into a dialogue with the viewer, acquire new meanings and readings. The interweaving of worlds and plots are combined in mirror and kaleidoscopic techniques, forming a kind of mystical masks and endless spaces, immersing into a mediautopia of the modern world.
About the Artist
Maria Arkhipova is an interdisciplinary artist from Moscow. She is a graduate of the Stroganov Moscow Art Academy (2017), the "Open Laboratory" at the Department of Cinema and Media Art of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (2018), Free Workshops MOMMA (2021). Works with different mediums: mosaic, digital art, 3d, generative art, etc. In her works she inspired by the culture of ancient civilizations and reflects on how our visual perception of classical art has changed through the advent of digital graphics.