Natela Lemondzhava

still from a drone footage of a closed down mink farm

The ceramic sculpture represents the human larynx. The voice that comes from the sculpture, reminds us of the materiality of the meaning. The material body makes the abstraction of our human world, the ongoing crisis, and the inevitable collapse possible, in which we all meet. Our vocal cords have always been with us, in us.

The ceramic sculpture represents the human larynx. The voice that comes from the sculpture, reminds us of the materiality of the meaning. The material body makes the abstraction of our human world, the ongoing crisis, and the inevitable collapse possible, in which we all meet. Our vocal cords have always been with us, in us.

The ceramic sculpture represents the human larynx. The voice that comes from the sculpture, reminds us of the materiality of the meaning. The material body makes the abstraction of our human world, the ongoing crisis, and the inevitable collapse possible, in which we all meet. Our vocal cords have always been with us, in us.

The ceramic sculpture represents the human larynx. The voice that comes from the sculpture, reminds us of the materiality of the meaning. The material body makes the abstraction of our human world, the ongoing crisis, and the inevitable collapse possible, in which we all meet. Our vocal cords have always been with us, in us.

How can gaming the end of Dutch mink farming help us shape the spaces that are left behind? On August 28, 2020, the Dutch government expedited a ban on mink fur farming from 2024 to March 2021. The ban was accelerated not because of changes in consumer desires or societal ethics but because of the coronavirus detected in mink. The rapid pace of infections among mink and the transmission to humans led Minister Schouten to order an immediate culling of 2.4 million minks from 120 mink fur farms. The cabinet reserved 150 million euros to help mink fur farmers, a compensation based on how many mother minks each farm owned. It remains uncertain what will happen to the abandoned former mink farms.

Showed at Common-Inn, Het Nieuwe Instituut

performed at UN/GREEN RIXC Art Science Festival, Riga, Latvia

Oddkin production in collaboration with Mári Máko composer and sound artist and Fazle Shairmahomed performance, dance artist, performed at iii, The Hague

Exhibited at Fikra Biennial, Sharjah, UAE

Oddkin production in collaboration with Mári Máko composer and sound artist and Fazle Shairmahomed performance, dance artist, performed at iii, The Hague