ARTIM TALK: AYDAN MIRZAYEVA

YARAT Contemporary Art Space is pleased to invite to the artist talk by Aydan Mirzayeva in the frame of the residents exhibition “On the tip of other tongues” at ARTIM Project Space.

Aydan Mirzayeva will discuss her most recent work series highlighting the structure and fascinating particularities of wood related to scientific discoveries that trees can register pain, learn things, and even protect and care for each other trough a root network that enables to communicate with each other.

In the series based on the theory  “Wood-Wide-Web” she is using different colours following the delicate wooden patters the exploring the beauty of a complex system investigating transient objects exposed to weather and growth and making visible aesthetics of dynamics and processes in nature. In the current version of their series, the wooden panels are hung directly opposite, highlighting the hidden, communicative aspect of the material.

Aydan Mirzayeva (b. 1992, Baku) graduated from the Azerbaijan Academy of Fine Arts in Industrial Design (2010-2014). She participated successfully in the ARTIM LAB project 2017/2018 and was granted with a residency at YARAT Studios. In 2018 she participated in the Art Prospect Residency Program in Kiev (Ukraine). Her work has been featured in Azerbaijan, UAE and Ukraine. Her most recent work explores aesthetics of hidden dynamics and processes of wood material.

Date: 4 May 2019

Time: 4 р.m

Address: ARTIM Project Space Old City (Icherisheher)

Admission is free