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project script

{core dillemas}:
1. Language as power and control vs Language as a situational tool
2. Artefact vs Image
3. Situation vs Document
4. Object vs Landscape

Ontological Status: digital assembly of content

{Creation Algorithm}:
1. Production of the artifact
2. Selection of an appropriate landscape
3. Documentation
4. Photo editing
5. Embedding the final documentation into a sequence

{Three Alchemical Stages}:
Nigredo — content production
Albedo — structuring and formatting
Rubedo — mediation




Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, 2025, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing



Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, 2025, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing (Details)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, 2025, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, 2025, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, 2025, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, 2025, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame (Details)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, 2025, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, 2025, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, 2025, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame (Details)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, 2025, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘THAT`S TOTALLY FAKE, BUT WHO CARES? (Toujours en Service)’, 2025, ATM, video (loop 32 seconds)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘THAT`S TOTALLY FAKE, BUT WHO CARES? (Toujours en Service)’, 2025, ATM, video (loop 32 seconds)









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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose, 2025, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose, 2025, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose, 2025, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone (Details)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose, 2025, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, 2025, cotton, paper, markers

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, 2025, cotton, paper, markers (Details)

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, 2025, cotton, paper, markers (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, 2025, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, 2025, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, 2025, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads (Details)



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Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, 2025, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, 2025, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, 2025, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire





Exhibition title: Latina Barbarica
Date: 06.2025 — 09.2025
Artist: Pavel Polshchikov
Venue: Paris and Île-de-France region (off-site)
Photo: Pavel Polshchikov
Inst: @pavel_polshchikov_

pavelpolshchikov.com