https://irinastar.cargo.site irinastar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:53:46 +0000 https://irinastar.cargo.site en https://irinastar.cargo.site/Home Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:53:46 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Home &nbsp; &nbsp; https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-3 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:58:21 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-3 The Rig Mental Arm Wrestle Spinning Tops Hang on Wax, pigment and plywood, W70xH80xL120cm I struggled to come to terms with the death of a friend in Russia. The subsequent work and poem reflect my visit to Moscow. The sculptures represent unsettling forms, with each body posing for the viewer, emphasising their monumentalised objecthood and the tension between what these objects represent and what they actually are. “I like the viscerality of sculptural form and creating unsettling, recon­gured versions of the human body. I like it when people are forced to have strong reactions when they are close to the work, or if they are far away, they are attracted to move closer.” We stood in the cold, Not a word spoken, In plastic shoe covers, Shuffling on linoleum. Bottle of whiskey in your hand, Ready to thrust, Into the doctor's hand, Eyes filled with hope. Relatives pushed out, Told to stand outside, don't interfere. No pain relief, Horror stories, Woman taking the plunge, From a balcony window, Blood soaked snow, The pain was unbearable. <img width="3264" height="4896" width_o="3264" height_o="4896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22d15bb10b5f4cfc29ac896902a5cba1013d809ed53bd3fc333d080817b41b74/Irina-Starkova--Hang-on--2018.jpg" data-mid="22605820" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22d15bb10b5f4cfc29ac896902a5cba1013d809ed53bd3fc333d080817b41b74/Irina-Starkova--Hang-on--2018.jpg" /> <img width="1905" height="2851" width_o="1905" height_o="2851" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9e4ed62e494a7752d2894b31204892f5d80242c7be4201b3d5ec3fb2cb05f8b/hang-on2.jpg" data-mid="22605858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9e4ed62e494a7752d2894b31204892f5d80242c7be4201b3d5ec3fb2cb05f8b/hang-on2.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="4896" width_o="3264" height_o="4896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8842f5e76ad41ec8679879010db798ef3b79289c07709acffb727cace82cf93/DSCF0539.jpg" data-mid="22605972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8842f5e76ad41ec8679879010db798ef3b79289c07709acffb727cace82cf93/DSCF0539.jpg" /> https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-3 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:58:48 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-3 https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-2 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:57:24 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-2 The Rig Mental Arm Wrestle Hang on Spinning Tops I was interested in exploring how we interact with artwork. I developed an installation using 3D animation and EEG technology where the animation was activated based on the individual’s thought processes to explore how we experience art. There is a growing interest in measuring outcomes of art. I wanted audience engagement in an artwork to be active and in the resulting piece, the animation is only activated when the viewer focusses on the work. <img width="1570" height="954" width_o="1570" height_o="954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1ab6bcab2d1c54a6ac2066539bc7857cc8cb600ad16774287713f740a257381/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-12.42.04.png" data-mid="22605044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1ab6bcab2d1c54a6ac2066539bc7857cc8cb600ad16774287713f740a257381/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-12.42.04.png" /> <img width="2002" height="1120" width_o="2002" height_o="1120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/104ae54d090e98e09a589edf6c4d0b75e6faed408a74c91b7ec68146adbf20dc/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-17.07.02.png" data-mid="22605227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/104ae54d090e98e09a589edf6c4d0b75e6faed408a74c91b7ec68146adbf20dc/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-17.07.02.png" /> <img width="3680" height="2456" width_o="3680" height_o="2456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaada5e9b059a20433daf4cc9fd7e94b42a07d268e39863f3cd5aeadbc138b13/Brainwaves-project.jpg" data-mid="22605335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaada5e9b059a20433daf4cc9fd7e94b42a07d268e39863f3cd5aeadbc138b13/Brainwaves-project.jpg" /> <img width="1996" height="1194" width_o="1996" height_o="1194" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56c451761f36bbeb07c674be78d095a2bbdf8aaaaa4c0ec382cac42665f678b7/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-16.47.15.png" data-mid="22605153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56c451761f36bbeb07c674be78d095a2bbdf8aaaaa4c0ec382cac42665f678b7/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-16.47.15.png" /> https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-2 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:57:42 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-2 https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-1 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:56:23 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images-1 The RigSpinning TopsHang on Mental Arm WrestleAs part of the Late at the Tate project on the theme of Production, we wanted to understand more about the production of thought using a video game we developed called “The mental arm-wrestle.” The game uses an electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain.&nbsp; The mental arm wrestle is simple. Rather than using muscles, the game uses the player’s power of concentration. Two players are asked to focus on something, a mathematical puzzle, capitals of the world, meditation or whatever they think will raise their level of concentration. Whoever has a higher level of concentration wins. We showcased the game at the Tate which and got each contestant to write down what they were thinking about and created a league table where winners and losers would write down their thoughts. We had over 100 responses, here are some of them: Winners’ thoughts: “Clean sweep” “How bad my hearing is” “Thinking about being in a headstand” “That I was losing” “The Eiffel Tower topology” Losers’ thoughts: “Food” “The alphabet” “Focussing badly on falcons” “Childhood, grandma, too many things, that’s why I lost” The game also gave us something that we didn’t initially expect – access into other people’s thoughts. The participants were not only keen to share their thoughts, but were also huddled around the leader board to see what others were thinking about or perhaps what a winning thought looked like. Cyber technology has allowed me to understand how mental experiences can be played out in the physical world. I combine the scientific objectivity of EEG Brainwave technology with my animations to explore issues of technological intrusion.&nbsp; Presented at Tate Exchange and Tate Lates.&nbsp; <img width="2448" height="2448" width_o="2448" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/937338b8e1f136c7315aaa2ba8609aaf349ea3cddbdc9a3802acf00808759823/IMG_2774_copy.jpg" data-mid="22604248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/937338b8e1f136c7315aaa2ba8609aaf349ea3cddbdc9a3802acf00808759823/IMG_2774_copy.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6df2edd0d8542952c0ede261c7239cc660c8d66a3c0f734b253b8357181839db/FullSizeRender-3-copy.jpg" data-mid="22615089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6df2edd0d8542952c0ede261c7239cc660c8d66a3c0f734b253b8357181839db/FullSizeRender-3-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ad0ec019d62304326939a2b730bd9c73914a363d90d80464da95bd5efb17eb7/FullSizeRender-2.jpg" data-mid="22615088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ad0ec019d62304326939a2b730bd9c73914a363d90d80464da95bd5efb17eb7/FullSizeRender-2.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beb595aca9551077f806701384162d5ee131721e0287d580f8282adf5577de43/IMG_8832.JPG" data-mid="22604240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/beb595aca9551077f806701384162d5ee131721e0287d580f8282adf5577de43/IMG_8832.JPG" /> <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7c562b99201f9a57ca59fd03e857673b4a6ecfb76986169ed516f5ed60b4fd7/IMG_8885.JPG" data-mid="22604241" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7c562b99201f9a57ca59fd03e857673b4a6ecfb76986169ed516f5ed60b4fd7/IMG_8885.JPG" /> <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a389d247e02dd3a2db4c4cb8c8150fca29162f9a464d0ca914640ee7b7c0036a/img_0139_-eeg_smile_tate_web_small.jpg" data-mid="22616101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/a389d247e02dd3a2db4c4cb8c8150fca29162f9a464d0ca914640ee7b7c0036a/img_0139_-eeg_smile_tate_web_small.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68bc708f30782df6fbd20d6eafaa844e3e56b76222c8308751e8f97976846d77/IMG_0304.JPG" data-mid="22604245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68bc708f30782df6fbd20d6eafaa844e3e56b76222c8308751e8f97976846d77/IMG_0304.JPG" /> https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-1 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:56:41 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text-1 https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:55:32 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Images Mental Arm Wrestle Spinning Tops Hang on The Rig &nbsp;Steel, graphene, resin composite, 3D Animation W60xH170xL170cmDoes modernization come at the cost of destruction. Fetishism and dismantlement. Reconstruction. Ideological confrontations. Pendent. Fixed and hanged – stasis, tension. Suspension. Submission, disembodiment, disempowerment, disillusionment, lobotomise, disenfranchisement, Fetishisation of inanimate objects. <img width="3618" height="2415" width_o="3618" height_o="2415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60e87a16a953b534e5dc79d0bed2c4bd304b27fd30a54882d44f9eb6f2df47d5/The-Rig.jpg" data-mid="22601688" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60e87a16a953b534e5dc79d0bed2c4bd304b27fd30a54882d44f9eb6f2df47d5/The-Rig.jpg" /> <img width="990" height="891" width_o="990" height_o="891" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91c70171e30b0dae7939af87bc2128674c572704f1efd944c24e951446b3aded/Irina-starkova.jpg" data-mid="22601951" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/990/i/91c70171e30b0dae7939af87bc2128674c572704f1efd944c24e951446b3aded/Irina-starkova.jpg" /> <img width="1996" height="2455" width_o="1996" height_o="2455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/013a8673cdef7c2945b58fcd4496717fc411c5647c58633b98bd2c4186a50ab0/Irina-Starkova--The-Rig--2018.jpg" data-mid="22601694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/013a8673cdef7c2945b58fcd4496717fc411c5647c58633b98bd2c4186a50ab0/Irina-Starkova--The-Rig--2018.jpg" /> <img width="2245" height="3679" width_o="2245" height_o="3679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/113c423da839d350507c6d1b95b520bbc14da61e3041cf93d3ed42fabacc6dc5/DSC_2839.jpg" data-mid="22601698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/113c423da839d350507c6d1b95b520bbc14da61e3041cf93d3ed42fabacc6dc5/DSC_2839.jpg" /> https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:55:54 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Text https://irinastar.cargo.site/Works Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:52:19 +0000 irinastar https://irinastar.cargo.site/Works The Rig <img width="3618" height="2415" width_o="3618" height_o="2415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ce10fbe94cd85e50709a726982ffd89726a9ca259cce71cc4fbce6fd189f67d/The-Rig-3.jpg" data-mid="22617907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ce10fbe94cd85e50709a726982ffd89726a9ca259cce71cc4fbce6fd189f67d/The-Rig-3.jpg" /> Mental Arm Wrestle <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7c562b99201f9a57ca59fd03e857673b4a6ecfb76986169ed516f5ed60b4fd7/IMG_8885.JPG" data-mid="22609459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7c562b99201f9a57ca59fd03e857673b4a6ecfb76986169ed516f5ed60b4fd7/IMG_8885.JPG" /> Spinning Top<img width="3680" height="2456" width_o="3680" height_o="2456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaada5e9b059a20433daf4cc9fd7e94b42a07d268e39863f3cd5aeadbc138b13/Brainwaves-project.jpg" data-mid="22609470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eaada5e9b059a20433daf4cc9fd7e94b42a07d268e39863f3cd5aeadbc138b13/Brainwaves-project.jpg" /> Hang on<img width="3264" height="4896" width_o="3264" height_o="4896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22d15bb10b5f4cfc29ac896902a5cba1013d809ed53bd3fc333d080817b41b74/Irina-Starkova--Hang-on--2018.jpg" data-mid="22609487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22d15bb10b5f4cfc29ac896902a5cba1013d809ed53bd3fc333d080817b41b74/Irina-Starkova--Hang-on--2018.jpg" />