Visible connections

Alina Bukina's installation »Visible Connections« combines a wall drawing consisting of a black continuous line on a white background with a video animation, which enables us to see the birth and development of the line. For the artist, the work represents the power of the connections between beings, nature, and the planet in the physical and mental sense. The continuous line emphasizes the interrelationship between living beings and the physical environment, past and future, tradition and technology. She has dedicated this installation is to the courageous struggle of Ukrainians to preserve every life, their national identity, and their native land.

Alina Bukina (*1992, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) is a visual artist, graphic designer, and researcher on visual communication. Alina uses the main medium of a single line in her artworks and explores its possibilities in formats ranging from small to huge. With the figurations that originate from one line, she transfers human movements and emotions onto a variety of surfaces.

Last year Alina Bukina left Ukraine after the war started, and was artist-in-residence at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe from June to December. In 2022, her works were exhibited in the exhibition »Media Art Is Here« at the Intro Café on Kronenplatz in Karlsruhe. In 2023, her animation »Miracle Support« was presented in the foyer of the ZKM, and currently a wall drawing of hers is on show in the exhibition »Renaissance 3.0« at ZKM. Alina now lives and works in Karlsruhe.