Tag: public-action
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Maria Kapajeva works in collaboration with individuals displaced by war, creating large‑scale cyanotypes that reflect the fluidity of borders
25 November 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom In Maria Kapajeva’s project Fluid Borders, she turns to her own upbringing in Narva, Estonia a town situated directly on the border with Russia to reflect on the complexities of national boundaries and displacement. Combining personal experience with collaboration, she works alongside groups of women who have fled war‑torn…
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Artist Masha Pryven works with young people to challenge themes of identity, borders and government documents
31 October 2025Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Masha Pryven collaborates with young people in Narva, Estonia to question what it means to be human. Developed during a residency at the Estonian-Russian border, the project confronts the “institutional violence” inherent in state-defined identity and belonging. Through a multi-layered approach involving youth workshops, collage, polaroid, and public action…
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Alternative Photography, alternative-photographic-processes, amazon, archives, art, artist, artist interview, blog, books, borders, collaboration, community, creativity, dreams, ecuador, embroidery, environmental conservation, estonia, experimental photography, featured, feminism, gender, heritage, historical processes, holocaust, indigenous communities, interview, interviews, museum, narrative, nationality, passport, photographer, photography, poetry, politics, public-action, russia, social-justice-issues, soil-chromatography, visual anthropology, women in photography, womens-stories, writing, wwii, youth-group
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