RUSSIA

InCadaqués Open Call Special Mention 2022

Anna Muller is a photographer and collage artist. She was born and raised in Izhevsk, Russia. She graduated from the International Academy of Photographic Arts (Moscow) and received a European Masters of Photography degree from the Speos Photographic Institute.

She also spent five years living and working in Tokyo, Japan. The rich traditions of Japanese culture played a major part in the development of her self-discipline, attention to detail and responsiveness.

Her greatest inspiration is colour. She sees, hears and feels everything through colour. It is her poetry, music, and passion.

As an artist, Anna looks for different ways to express her ideas. She discovered that collage art and photography allow her to transcend the real form, by expressing her sense of humour and self-mockery.

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Double sense

DOUBLESENSE

The process of creating collages gives me a feeling of total freedom. I would even go further and describe it as a euphoric state, because the fact is that with this process I see no framework, no restrictions. Just having a few elements at my disposal can result in almost infinite creative possibilities. Sitting in my studio, surrounded by magazines, selecting pages, individual pieces. Cutting, connecting, mixing, moving and repeating the process until the elements start forming a story. Achieving the right combination, first in colour, which is always my initial guide and reference, and only then in form and content (meaning). Throughout this process, there is no room for logic and rationality. I enter an almost childlike state, completely immersed within my own game. There is no greater pleasure than the one I feel when the game is over and everything falls into place: the characters, their mood, and their relationship with one another.