Collection of Works by Natalia Tcherniak
AlternativePhotography - Pure Inspiration, vol 1 June 2024
Pure Inspiration emerged unexpectedly from our Calendar & Journal event. The idea stemmed from a desire to preserve the beauty of entries beyond the year’s end. The theme, Composites, encouraged experimentation, resulting in stunning artworks that blend multiple techniques that seemed to spark creativity. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a newcomer, this book will inspire you to explore alternative photography and unleash your own creativity.
Natalia Tcherniak. Cosmos
Cosmos is made of cyanotype, ink and cutouts. Cyanotype on watercolour paper, using a digital negative, an ink drawing, and paper cutouts of people forming a human pyramid. In a technical sense, a combination of different negative types, and playing with scale, responds to the theme of "composites". But in a more conceptual sense, the idea of "cosmos", or the universe, is a composition of infinite variations, where celestial bodies, man-made structures, and humanity, can all float together in harmony
Katern Magazine - Rand zee, vol 2 August 2024
Katern (maga)zine is a process. Not a product. Each issue emerges from a temporary collaboration of all kinds of artists and writers reflecting on a place. In Karern #2 we searched further away, We sailed our paper raft along the edge of the sea, we landed on shores in North and South America, in Asia and Europe. This is how this (maga)zine is intended: section after section we try to locate ourselves n that great spatial complex in which we live. If we were immortal and continued our work with infinite patience, we could bind all the sections together. Ultimately, they form a book about the eternal story of the temporary.
Afloat. Walk into the Sea
What is keeping us afloat? What are we floating on? What do we have to hold on to, to not drown, to swim, to levitate towards each other? Our beliefs, our history, our homes, our values, our understanding, our perceptions, and our landmarks – to paraphrase Marx – all that is solid gets washed into the sea. Hold on! Hold on to what is important, what is keeping us afloat. Swim towards each other, reach out, and build those floating islands amongst the stormy seas of life.
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