Asya Marakulina

In my works, I try to express complex and subtle feelings. This is poetry, where instead of words - color, images and objects. A person rarely feels one thing, usually feelings are mixed, their composition is difficult to determine, and the components can be quite contradictory. When I was asked to come up with an autumn drink for the cafe, I remained true to myself and tried to express a complex range of feelings and sensations using different tastes. A blanket made of coconut foam (comfort and at the same time the coldness of the coming autumn) I combined with the desire to cheer up (hot tart sour coffee underneath) and added a little sun (a spicy and refreshing mint leaf). The sourness of raspberries reminds of walks in the woods. A drop of agave at the very bottom of the cup is a pleasant sweetness and anticipation of a new day. The visual inspiration for the drink was my 2019 work "Let's Try" from the "Iron Overtones" project. Together they seem to offer: "Let's try mixed feelings"?

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Also in the windows of 2 shops "Azbuka Vkusa" soft sculptures from my projects of different years are located.
For the presentation of the project at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, I prepared an audio meditation on understanding my gustatory fantasies. Mitya Glavanakov helped me with the sound. Guests of the art brunch could rest, relax and dream for 15 minutes.