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LAND ART
Sand Installations in Natural Space
Land Art - the artist's approach to the landscape as a canvas

By creating contrasting installations using coloured sand, the artist consciously changes the arrangement of accents in the natural space: the forest ceases to be a background and turns into a dialogue between man and nature, the subject of which becomes the concepts of space, matter and time.
Installation ‘Forest’. Fragment. Artist Daria Panova
Technique

The process of creating the installation takes place through the mechanical gestures of spraying coloured sand using industrial equipment.

The contrasting spraying highlights branches and trunks, revealing their complex geometry, natural architecture and a new configuration of intersections. Sand becomes a tool for revealing shapes and lines and spatial relationships that usually remain invisible to the human eye.
Colour

Contrasting colours mark and accentuate, sub-flourishing and sharpening the perception of space through a sharp visual cue, inherent in the nature of the forest itself.
Installation ‘Stvol’. Fragment. Artist Daria Panova
A new perception of space

The work is perceived as a kind of ‘intervention’ in the natural environment, where a bright colour accent changes the usual relationship between the viewer and the landscape.

When familiar natural shades are suddenly ‘invaded’ by artificial contrasting colours, a ‘rupture’ effect is created, triggering a new logic of perception.
Installation ‘Forest’. Fragment. Artist Daria Panova
Dialogue with the viewer

The works evoke the feeling of a quiet miracle or even a slight displacement of reality, as if a person suddenly witnessed an abnormal phenomenon. This technique of ‘micro-surrealism’ in the context of Land Art refers to the dialogue between man and nature, where the artist deliberately provokes the viewer to reconsider his understanding of the familiar landscape. It is in this that a ‘new sense and perception of space’ is born.

In this way, the works demonstrate how artistic ‘intervention’ can redefine the perception of a landscape, turning a familiar place into a stage for reflection on the boundaries of the real and the imaginary.
Installation ‘Cross. Winter’. Fragment. Artist Daria Panova
Ephemerality

‘Intervention’ is temporary - the sand will inevitably be carried away by the winds, washed away by the rains or covered by snow. The works as a whole embody the idea of the transience of time and everything that man creates in nature. Creations are left to nature, absorbed by natural processes, abandoning the idea of art as a permanent object.
Installation ‘Cross. Winter’. Fragment. Artist Daria Panova
Environmental friendliness

The technique of sand installations is about respect for the environment, sand - is a natural material that is widely used in landscape design. The coloured sand does not react chemically and a thin layer is sprayed on the surface.