Writing plays an essential role in my shared experience and knowledge ecosystem. It is always led by practice — whether that be hiking, plant-growing, or engineering — within which it tends to foster poetic and speculative theories.
Stylistically, I often borrow from 18th and 19th century nature philosophy, romantic poetry, and nature books for children, in an attempt to keep words naive, tender, and halting — as is the experience itself.
This list contains stand-alone texts only. More writing can be found on dedicated project pages.
A poetic inquiry of nurturing the wretched consciousness amidst Suomi foresting industry farms.
A contribution for TUO TUO Arts Platform, 2022. Supported by Artists at Risk (AR).
Translated from Russian by Lisa Biletska.
Framework for Foamed Nothingness: Encountering Sciaponics
Describing the design of a new practice between horticulture and art, artist Ilya Dolgov outlines a stable-yet-agile approach to creative work beyond the limits of project-orientedness, institutionality, and disciplinarity.
First published at SYG.MA, 2021.
Translated from Russian by Lisa Biletska.
Sciaponics 05: Synonyms of Grace
The fifth chapter from the book "Sciaponics: The Work of Shadows".
Story of lupins' disease, graceful causation, and the sciacupid emergence.
More about the book.
Translated from Russian by Lisa Biletska.
A tremulous exersice in the politics of mimicry
First published in the Moscow Art Magazine, 2016.
Translated from Russian by Lisa Biletska.
A Dialect for Porous Worlds. On the First Issue of "Noga" magazine
A review on Kiev-based creative documentary magazine.
Syg.ma, 2020
How to make us technologic ones // Part 2. A Destructive Duo
An attempt to redefine our concept of what technology is from the perspective of personal tech-industry and plant-growing experience.
Syg.ma, 2020
How to make us technologic ones // Part 1. Puppies with Guns
An attempt to redefine our concept of what technology is from the perspective of personal tech-industry and plant-growing experience.
Syg.ma, 2020
— Back in this House, my Microscopes Share a Table with Blueberry Pie.
A review on Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Gathering moss".
Syg.ma, 2020
Plant-Growing-as-Theory, Plant-Growing-Theory, Coding-Theory
A sketch on symmetrical relations between things we usually label as "practice" and "theory".
Syg.ma, 2018
An inquiry into the flows and setups of material unconsciousness.
The Moscow Art Magazine №106, 2018
Search for a common ground between morphology, intuition, perception, and emotions.
The Moscow Art Magazine №96, 2015
Garage Russia №6, 2015