Art as a Tool for Making Other Tools

I was born in 1981 and grew up in Ukraine, in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, whose name literally means “Crooked Horn,” a reference to the shape of the Inhulets River as seen from above. My paternal grandfather was of Lithuanian descent, and my maternal grandmother was of Tatar descent.

I have lived in Argentina since 1999.

what doesn't fit into a certificate or credential makes up my

life, art

vita

“zoé”, vitality

the river of life, entered through a restlessness, a question, sometimes vague, that becomes desire.

asking questions is something I inherited from my primary (de)formation, sociology.

I seek to grasp those moments when a sign—a line—an image—a deliberate movement reveals a loose thread of

the social fabric,

the subject that moves me because it reveals

human plasticity:

if something is,

then

it could be otherwise.

And that is something powerful.

sound—image—body—text

the four languages

in rhizomatic connection,

none is superior to another,

they are TOOLS when words fall short.

I’m a sociologist (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires), editor (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires), artist, and playwright.

I see art as a laboratory-universe where I bring materials, languages, and ideas into relation, allowing meanings to emerge that would not otherwise exist. Where words fall short, art opens up other ways of expression.