M HKA Ensembles

° 1984

Born in Russian Federation, lives in Moscow (Russian Federation).

Nadezhda Grishina links live performance to the moving image. Her video installations are both theatrical (because they hinge on movement, pace, rhythm and other expressions of physical intensity) and critical (because they diagnose and satirise the reality that they reformulate as spectacle).

Grishina’s work draws strength from some of the most powerful streams of Russian culture: the art of narration and the art of acting. Nevertheless, she rarely uses dialogue or professional performers. Instead she works experimentally with the semi-articulate, emotionally stunted reality of the ‘digital life’ that many people live today. She has invented a new coming-together of edited footage and mechanical or electronic props where it can be difficult to separate men from machines. (AK)