Statement:
Exchange and discourse formats are becoming part of my artistic material. I see my daily practice more like a fieldwork by engaging myself in conversations and discussions and following my curiosity. A big part of this fieldwork takes place in dance improvisation influenced by the urban dance community and its activist aspect.
I am looking for something that is constructible like an environment for an action, or an action for an environment. At this point I develop new narratives and contexts, where I implement awareness for the way the human race acts in its environment. In my artistic practice, I observe urban and postindustrial environments focusing on chorographical quality of daily routines. I am interested in the togetherness of body and space, considering that every movement hides a moment of irritation.
Often, I do research trips – It is important to me that my work has a space-opening component, and does not just take place in the designated theater space. All the developed projects are done in collaboration with other artists, designers, activists, dancers and audience – And that collaboration is based on mutual appreciation and empowerment. As an artist I feel the urge of being a platform.
Photo by Enting Zhang
Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts
Prof. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
École des Sables Senegal, Experimental Flow
with Alesandra Seutin
Design & Art Academy
Burg Giebiechenstein Halle
hi@darianazarenko.co
+49 15772023260
Photo by Enting Zhang
Statement:
Exchange and discourse formats are becoming part of my artistic material. I see my daily practice more like a fieldwork by engaging myself in conversations and discussions and following my curiosity. A big part of this fieldwork takes place in dance improvisation influenced by the urban dance community and its activist aspect.
I am looking for something that is constructible like an environment for an action, or an action for an environment. At this point I develop new narratives and contexts, where I implement awareness for the way the human race acts in its environment. In my artistic practice, I observe urban and postindustrial environments focusing on chorographical quality of daily routines. I am interested in the togetherness of body and space, considering that every movement hides a moment of irritation.
Often, I do research trips – It is important to me that my work has a space-opening component, and does not just take place in the designated theater space. All the developed projects are done in collaboration with other artists, designers, activists, dancers and audience – And that collaboration is based on mutual appreciation and empowerment. As an artist I feel the urge of being a platform.
Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts
Prof. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
École des Sables Senegal, Experimental Flow
with Alesandra Seutin
Design & Art Academy
Burg Giebiechenstein Halle
hi@darianazarenko.co
+49 15772023260
BIO
Daria Nazarenko (she/her) is a cinemato-choreographer
moving between film stills and subcultures.
Her works encompass multimedia video installations,
hybrid dance films,
and site-specific live performances.
By staging bodies and cameras,
she highlights the hidden dynamics of social life.
Her artistic practice was significantly influenced
by her travels to Senegal from 2021 to the present,
where she developed her non-western collective
approach through programs at "École des Sables"
integrating diverse cultural perspectives.
Her artistic practice includes curating
urban spaces into museum-like environments,
with happenings at the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf,
as well as in Moscow the not-found-Gallery
and in Paris at the Beaux-Arts-Ateliers.
Her works have been showcased in institutions
such as PACT Zollverein,
K21 Düsseldorf, Sotheby's Cologne
and at tanzhaus nrw.
Through her interdisciplinary approach,
she enriches the contemporary art scene
and fosters dialogue about identity,
honoring her own migrational narrative.