"Room with a window". From the "A room to rest" project

«A Room to rest» project is a series of graphic works, embroideries and objects created over several years. Four rooms compose the exhibition space. Each of them tells about my deepest fears that I discovered and identified. The room and its parts are the key images of the exposition. I consider a room to be a universal "container", a capsule of personal experiences, a three-dimensional blank sheet that can contain any feeling, as if "capture" it for a while. There is a bitter irony in the title of the project «A Room to rest». All parts of the installation convey the state of anxiety and internal discomfort. At the same time, there is hope that there exists "a room to rest". You can create it inside by honestly looking into your fears and voicing them, and then, perhaps, you can find it outside as a projection of the inner peace». Asya Marakulina