Polina Frantcuzova
Artist / Performer
Ornaments come into being only when they appear,
and once made, they are no longer mine

Mystical symbolism. Mixed media
I am a visual artist and performer. My practice is not based on creating or improvising, but on the manifestation of form from a state of attention.

I work with what already exists but has yet to take shape. Ornaments, lines, movements, and colors arise through concentration and the release of control. I am present in the work as a conduit, without claiming the result, creating a space for observation and perception.

My experience as an actress and my study of Chekhov and Demidov techniques have provided me with tools to work with the body, attention, and physical improvisation, which I bring into both visual practice and dance. I do not treat the body as an object, but explore the interspace — the realm between impulse and action, gesture and meaning, image and ornament.

My goal is to create conditions for presence — for the viewer, for myself, for the form that arises on its own. Through movement, drawing, paint, and pause, I invite entry into a space where observation becomes experience, and form becomes process.
Polina Frantcuzova