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^{Still from Kyrylo Aleksandrov’s video The Stray House, 2024, 8'54"}

The film documents a dance with a swarm of bees that settled in a tree near the artist’s studio after roadworks disrupted its original location. Born in Mariupol, Kyrylo Aleksandrov approached this situation as an attempt to establish a relationship with another community of living beings, while also reflecting on the experience of being forced to leave one’s home. Gradually moving closer to the swarm, he explores the boundaries of identification, otherness and coexistence. The encounter culminates in a bee sting, which becomes the natural conclusion of his attempt to draw nearer to the bee community. The performance serves as a reminder that, despite empathy and a desire for connection, he remains an outsider to the swarm, and that fully becoming another being is ultimately impossible.

Kyrylo Aleksandrov
(Кирило Александров, born 1995, Mariupol, Ukraine)

Performer and creator of photographs, videos and objects. He is currently completing an MA degree at the Faculty of Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. In his performance practice, he draws on the tools and techniques of contemporary dance and butō. His work develops autobiographical themes, focusing on experiences of migration, war and the limits of bodily endurance. At the same time, his artistic practice embraces playfulness, humour and absurdity. Since 2017, he has been a co-creator of Jakub Kowalik’s independent theatre project, Scena Supernowa. He lives and works in Kraków.

In the coming months, Screen will present a selection of video works chosen from the portfolios submitted for consultations as part of the Artist: The Professional programme.