Constructs by Anastasiia Bekhtereva

Abstract cold spaces, as if constructed with outdated 3D graphics software or hastily photographed random corrugated objects (likely building materials or craft supplies). The artist actively employs aesthetics of dream-like quality and deceptive expectations. Her artistic worlds seem to embody total abandonment but manifest through the gaze of the pioneer of these landscapes, which reference both ancient Greek myths and expressionism in European literature of the early 20th century. Despite their extreme minimalism, these spaces (depicted in polar perspectives and light conditions) appear hyper-realistic at first glance, yet completely alien and eerie upon further inspection, as if generated by nightmarish visions. The uncanny valley effect typically arises from contact with idiosyncratic and blurred human images; however, the artist compels us to experience a sense of unease when gazing at her spatial compositions, where the laws of space and time are violated in a non-trivial manner. Psychedelic artist Anastasiia Bekhtereva explores the limits of spatial generation inherent within ordinary human psychology. Her worlds are mysteriously incorrect yet alluring, rendered in a sterile hospital aesthetic, yet they transcend or ignore human space. In this series, a caustic social-critical intention is traced, urging people not to project painful feelings from their interactions with the liminal spaces of the modern urban environment onto the dream world.