Line Continues (graduation project)

Desired Lines at ZHdK, Zurich, Switzerland
10.06.2022 – 24.06.2022
_{drawings – fineliners on paper
29.7x42 cm,

objects – metal wire

various sizer,

sound}

_{Hidden in plain sight, Olga Antonova’s wire sculptures continue her studies on paper.

The fine line-drawings are also presented in the space in a column, a reference to the liberation
found on higher ground. Lines that arc around a void foreground the emptiness experienced in
both overpopulated and decimated environments.}

_{The theme explored here is an omnipresent loneliness, something easily identifiable, something
that can be recorded and shared.}

_{text by Gianmaria Andreetta}

_{I wanted to create a space of emptiness, vacuum and uneasiness.

Line Continues was my graduation project. It consists of objects, sound and drawings. The idea
was to create spacial installation, that would not be fully obvious and visible from the first sight.

I worked with the exhibition space that has been used as studios before. I integrated objects into
the ceiling structure. The ceiling looks complicated and very dominant in the room. The objects
were crawling there, in between the pipes and metal structures, hiding from the human eye. To
achieve this camouflaging effect I chose materials, which were similar to the ceiling materials,
metal and black wires.}

_{In between the objects the sound speaker with directed sound was installed. The sound was
the series of texts, which I wrote during the first lockdown. I recorded them with my voice. Short
pauses were made after each text. The sound played the role of a tool to attract public attention
to the ceiling and create a more full perception of the space. But at first when you come to the
spot (as map says) where my work is supposed to be, there is an empty space, nothing, until you
hear the sound.

The third element of my installation was my drawings. They were in the other part of the room.
It was confusing and not clear if the drawings belonged to the same artist as the works on the
ceiling or not.}

_{STORY OF LINE

(as part of the graduation project LINE CONTINUES)
sound
2020}

_{I started to write these stories during the first lockdown, when I didn’t have a lot of physical
space to work, but my desire to continue doing graphics was there. So I just started to write
down what I would’ve done on paper.

The stories contain ambiguity, you can’t distinguish where the reality is being described
metaphorically and where it is just a technical description of drawing being made. At the same
time there is a sort of universality in these texts.

Line retains its neutrality and anonymity.

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-1

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-2

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-3

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-4

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-5

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-6

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-7

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-8

https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-9}