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Natural Disaster Preparation

Tokyo, Japan

with Steve Maher, 2023

Artemeva and Maher take us to Japan where they created their collaborative project developed in 2023 while Anastasia was undertaking residency with Arts Initiative Tokyo, supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Together with Steve Maher, they document human anticipation of natural and man-made catastrophe. Anastasia Artemeva and Steve Maher work collaboratively to present an artistic reflection of disaster preparation as it is culturally formatted in the metropolis of Tokyo city, where commodities for averting apocalyptic futures are as banally presented as any other consumer domestic products. 









Images by author, Lauri Niskanen, Annika Niskanen, Nora Prits.

Please read more about the residency: 

https://skr.fi/en/news/four-artists-awarded-grants-to-foreign-residencies/  

https://www.a-i-t.net/en/blog/p16905/



Don't avoid me at the vast, mean, ethereal space



Eoin O’Dowd, Anastasia Artemeva & Steve Maher


Galleria Loisti

16.-29.10.24

exhibition is realised together with Eoin O’Dowd https://www.eoi

n-odowd.com/ and features his recent works.

Eoin O'Dowd's ongoing work invites viewers to examine the complex relationship between labor capital relations and the multifaceted impacts—physical, psychological, and spiritual—that arise from this dynamic. It addresses the exploitation of both physical and intellectual labor while questioning the absence of communal and spiritual value in our increasingly consumer-driven and alienating society. Using reclaimed factory materials, field recordings and devotional symbolism -  their work highlights the spiritual damage caused by working conditions and the exploitation of workers' bodies and souls, reflecting a deepening wound on our collective psyche.


Each artist challenges societal expectations and conventions, often focusing on seemingly ordinary or mundane activities to reveal underlying power dynamics or hidden injustices.



Thank you  https://skr.fi/en/ , https://www.a-i-t.net/en/, Eoin O’Dowd https://www.eoi

n-odowd.com/