Artis Olga Svyatova: «I work a lot with archives and memory»

Sydney-based artist Olga Svyatova has been awarded the 2024 John and Margaret Baker Fellowship, National Photography Prize. Olga talked to SBS Russian about the ways memory and nostalgia help creating art, and how the process of creating art can serve as therapy.

Olga Svyatova, Winner, John and Margaret Baker Fellowship, National Photography Prize 2024, Murray Art Museum Albury, Photography by Jeremy Weihrauch

The podcast features audio from Olga's video "Do Birds Dream at Night". The video was featured as part of the exhibition So this is goodbye? in Firstdraft gallery in Sydney.

See more of Olga's works here.

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