Artists

Kyryl Korin (he/him) explores how perception and social structures are constructed and embodied. In this context, space itself becomes an active participant. At Jungkunst, he is exhibiting two large-scale works that focus on different conceptions of space and time: the linear time of everyday life – measurable, cumulative, goal-oriented, shaped by deadlines and routines – and time as duration: a state without beginning or end, in which past and present overlap.

In the square work leaning against the wall, four human figures form a closed ring within a confined, brutalist space. Bodies and architecture are mutually dependent in an endless cycle. Fitted into a space of their own making, they are simultaneously constrained and fulfilled. The Ouroboros becomes emblematic of society. In the large-scale installation, emptiness takes centre stage. Four objects, each made up of two truncated pyramids, remain just a few centimetres apart. They are on the verge of touching – yet remain separate. The space between them becomes a place of anticipation. Fulfilment eludes them.

When you start a new project, how specifically do you approach its realisation, and how much of it develops only during the working process?
For each work it’s very different. A piece can start with an observation or a feeling, at the same time another work begins with physical material and a concrete image. Certainly, the process is crucial. At the end implementation of the idea is what matters, not the other way around. 

How do you generally choose the materials you are working with?
I look at what’s around me. I often view materials as if they were paint of different colours. Each one has a history, evokes associations and feelings, mediates a metaphor, affects our perception of the seen – it carries information. 

How do you address topics such as conditioned behaviours or power dynamics in your work?
I am generally interested in ways society operates. This entails observation and presence. That inevitably affects me through my experience, some parts of this experience find echo in my work. These two themes are merely a part of this mirroring.