Yaroslava Shkolna

Adaptability, the ability to be critical of one's own and others' positions as well as empathy are the
most attractive human traits to me. Also useful for the survival of our specie I must say.
That is why in my artistic practice I explore the ambiguity of what we see, hear, and think. The
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Adaptability, the ability to be critical of one's own and others' positions as well as empathy are the
most attractive human traits to me. Also useful for the survival of our specie I must say.
That is why in my artistic practice I explore the ambiguity of what we see, hear, and think. The
the adult brain usually uses the minimum necessary set of information to filter things, events, and
people into familiar categories and determine attitudes toward them.
With my works, I try to gently "break" the viewer's brain, to cause a shift in perception, building
new associations so that new neural connections begin to form in the brain.
I try to be minimalistic in my practice. Minimal environmental impact. Minimal means of
expressing an idea.
In my installation projects, I`m trying to draw the spectators into by-hand interaction with the works.