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LATINA BARBARICA
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Latina Barbarica (2025)

off-site show  (Paris and Île-de-France)




production dates: June-August 2025

finalized and approved: September 2025
project script

{core dillemas}:
Language as power and control vs Language as a situational tool
Artefact vs Image
Situation vs Document
Object vs Landscape

Ontological Status: digital assembly of content

{Creation Algorithm}:
1. Production of the artifact
2. Selection of an appropriate landscape
3. Documentation
4. Photo editing
5. Embedding the final documentation into a sequence

{Three Alchemical Stages}:
Nigredo — content production
Albedo — structuring and formatting
Rubedo — mediation


Installation view
Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Perfect Prayer’, wool, cotton, rudraksha, wood, markers, acrylic lacquer, spray paint, plastic, digital printing, 2025

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Windowcheck’, paper, tracing paper, wood, markers, iron, baptism by fire, aluminum frame, 2025

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘When you test my polygon, I become liquid’, graph paper, silver, markers, agate, vintage ikea frame, 2025

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘THAT`S TOTALLY FAKE, BUT WHO CARES? (Toujours en Service)’, 2025, ATM, video (loop 32 seconds) Link↗

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘THAT`S TOTALLY FAKE, BUT WHO CARES? (Toujours en Service)’, 2025, ATM, video (loop 32 seconds) Link↗

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose’, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose’, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose’, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Parfume Overdose’, Honore de Balzac’s book “Honorine”’ (1970s edition), cotton, paper, markers, mutton bone, 2025

Installation view

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, cotton, paper, markers, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, cotton, paper, markers, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Sara weet waar abraham de mosterd haalt’, cotton, paper, markers, 2025

Installation view

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Babylonian Migratory Service’, wood, markers, agate, lapis lazuli, synthetic threads, bodhi beads, 2025

Installation view

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire, 2025

Pavel Polshchikov, ‘Mummy`s Tongue’, paraffin, wool threads, baptism by fire, 2025