nature, morte?
Project
2022-2027
Embroidery on polyethylene, video art, sound art, installation, ceramics, photo documentation
In the project, I reflect on finding peace in nature, when natural truths seem far more just.
Through the narrative in the embroidery piece "Landscape", which explores the separation of humans from Mother Nature and their return to it, I arrive at the image of classical vessels entwined with (or composed of) branches in the series "Forest" — as a metaphor for the cycle of life, and at the final desire to dissolve into these laws in the installation "What You Sow".
2022-2027
Embroidery on polyethylene, video art, sound art, installation, ceramics, photo documentation
In the project, I reflect on finding peace in nature, when natural truths seem far more just.
Through the narrative in the embroidery piece "Landscape", which explores the separation of humans from Mother Nature and their return to it, I arrive at the image of classical vessels entwined with (or composed of) branches in the series "Forest" — as a metaphor for the cycle of life, and at the final desire to dissolve into these laws in the installation "What You Sow".
I take my inspiration from Derek Jarman, echoing a mantra‑like line from "Modern Nature":
“My garden's boundaries are the horizon.”
I tend to my garden and affirm: the nature inside us is not dead. I give it a place in my practice and find here not just peace and inspiration, but the only true way of living for me.
what you sow?
2026-2027
installation, sound art, video art, photo documentation
Within the project, I immerse myself in the study of green manure plants - those grown to prepare the land for crops (mustard, rapeseed, phacelia) and plants from ancient herbals. My choice falls on those I wish to give to the world around me.
For stopping bleeding: yarrow, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), nettle.
For calming the nerves: motherwort, thyme.
For sound sleep: valerian, chamomile.
For vitality: clove.
I select herbs that can grow all year round, are self‑seeding and undemanding. The process of cultivating “beds” for the world begins with the foundation.
A skeleton made of porous ceramic serves as a metaphor for the framework of humanity, the cyclical nature of life, and an allusion to the hunting tale of the “Skeleton Woman” who demands love, as well as to the image of the “Mother Earth” who weeps for all her children. The object is wrapped in hand‑made seed paper containing seeds and placed in a transportable box filled with soil. During the seed germination period, the box is kept outdoors in nature. I document the process through photos and videos. A live stream will be available on the website. Later, the box can be moved under phytolamps into indoor spaces or to public outdoor locations where viewers can see it.
In this context, the skeleton represents any person who feels that the meaning of the word “humane” has ceased to function in the modern world, that the “soil” (i.e., the world as a whole) no longer yields beneficial fruits - and that it is necessary to pause, allow for rest, and grow bitter yet beneficial herbs.
installation, sound art, video art, photo documentation
Within the project, I immerse myself in the study of green manure plants - those grown to prepare the land for crops (mustard, rapeseed, phacelia) and plants from ancient herbals. My choice falls on those I wish to give to the world around me.
For stopping bleeding: yarrow, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), nettle.
For calming the nerves: motherwort, thyme.
For sound sleep: valerian, chamomile.
For vitality: clove.
I select herbs that can grow all year round, are self‑seeding and undemanding. The process of cultivating “beds” for the world begins with the foundation.
A skeleton made of porous ceramic serves as a metaphor for the framework of humanity, the cyclical nature of life, and an allusion to the hunting tale of the “Skeleton Woman” who demands love, as well as to the image of the “Mother Earth” who weeps for all her children. The object is wrapped in hand‑made seed paper containing seeds and placed in a transportable box filled with soil. During the seed germination period, the box is kept outdoors in nature. I document the process through photos and videos. A live stream will be available on the website. Later, the box can be moved under phytolamps into indoor spaces or to public outdoor locations where viewers can see it.
In this context, the skeleton represents any person who feels that the meaning of the word “humane” has ceased to function in the modern world, that the “soil” (i.e., the world as a whole) no longer yields beneficial fruits - and that it is necessary to pause, allow for rest, and grow bitter yet beneficial herbs.
forest
series of ceramic objects
2025-2026
Ceramics, glaze
When approaching a classic vessel form, I think, "What would it look like if I left it in the forest for years?" I work with the form so that it dictates its own direction, intuitively trusting the material and the feeling of "life's movement" in my hands.
I coat them with a glaze that I made by myself from minerals, only vaguely guessing what the final result will be.
By mixing, layering, or leaving the clay as is, I trust the process of co-creation.
2025-2026
Ceramics, glaze
When approaching a classic vessel form, I think, "What would it look like if I left it in the forest for years?" I work with the form so that it dictates its own direction, intuitively trusting the material and the feeling of "life's movement" in my hands.
I coat them with a glaze that I made by myself from minerals, only vaguely guessing what the final result will be.
By mixing, layering, or leaving the clay as is, I trust the process of co-creation.
landscape
2022-2023
embroidery on polyethylene, acrylic threads
125x85 cm
"Reason, man's blessing, is also his curse; it forces him to eternally seek a solution to an insoluble dichotomy. In this respect, human life differs from the existence of all other living beings... He is the only animal that considers his own existence a problem he must solve and from which he cannot escape."
E. Fromm
embroidery on polyethylene, acrylic threads
125x85 cm
"Reason, man's blessing, is also his curse; it forces him to eternally seek a solution to an insoluble dichotomy. In this respect, human life differs from the existence of all other living beings... He is the only animal that considers his own existence a problem he must solve and from which he cannot escape."
E. Fromm
The work was completed as part of education at MMOMA (Moscow Museum Of Modern Art) by the theme on "Species Traits". It's dedicated to human intelligence, which I examine through the conflict of human separation from nature.
The visual component utilizes embroidery, the oldest human handicraft, as well as artificial materials, which nevertheless have a natural origin: oil.
contacts:
phone: +7 903 156 62 91
e-mail: hello-samsonova@ya.ru
instagram: @samsonova-media
telegram: @samsonova-mixedart
Workshop address:
Moscow, Derbenevskaya street, 7/23
