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
CV selected
performances at PACT ZOLLVEREIN,
K21 Düsseldorf and tanzhaus nrw
installations at Mazzoli Gallery,
Goethe Institut Italien Milano
Nails Project room Düsseldorf
Artistic research in collaboration with
MARUM German Research Association
Scolarships: Deutschlandstipendium 2022, DIS-TANZEN Solo 2023,
travel grant Kunstverein Düsseldorf Gonzalez-Foerster-Class