Marlands

MEDITERRANEAN islands
Arts and Science Project

Olga Sabko's Diary.

Day III.

Olga Sabko's artistic residency in Mallorca.

Meeting with scientist Jorge Terrados at IMEDEA (The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies) laboratory.

Olga Sabko and Jorge Terrados
Artist's vision:

“Poseidonia Oceanica, a very interesting plant, which grows in the waters around the island, inspired me to make a parallel between the

time of growth of a plant, which is very slow, and the time it takes for craftsmen to make handmade objects of everyday life. 

To make an accent on the fact that in nature, any development, any improvement, and a real creation takes a lot of time. It’s is exteremely important to speak about speed in a world, where we accelerate every day. During my visit to IMEDEA, Jorge Terrados, scientist, also unveiled many curious facts about this plant, which are at the same time very logical and very poetic. It seems like a plant has a lot of wisdom in it and it constantly grows and dies, and it happens on two edges of a rame at the same time. There’s no beginning and end, this plant is literally a never ending process. For me it’s very profound as an image.” 

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Photo Credit: Olga Sabko
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Photo Credit: Olga Sabko

Olga Sabko Day 3

Olga Sabko Day 3

Olga Sabko's artistic residency in Mallorca.

Meeting with scientist Jorge Terrados at IMEDEA (The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies) laboratory.

Olga Sabko and Jorge Terrados
Artist's vision:

“Poseidonia Oceanica, a very interesting plant, which grows in the waters around the island, inspired me to make a parallel between the

time of growth of a plant, which is very slow, and the time it takes for craftsmen to make handmade objects of everyday life. 

To make an accent on the fact that in nature, any development, any improvement, and a real creation takes a lot of time. It’s is exteremely important to speak about speed in a world, where we accelerate every day. During my visit to IMEDEA, Jorge Terrados, scientist, also unveiled many curious facts about this plant, which are at the same time very logical and very poetic. It seems like a plant has a lot of wisdom in it and it constantly grows and dies, and it happens on two edges of a rame at the same time. There’s no beginning and end, this plant is literally a never ending process. For me it’s very profound as an image.” 

WhatsApp Image 2022-10-03 at 1.29.42 PM
Photo Credit: Olga Sabko
WhatsApp Image 2022-10-03 at 1.23.42 PM
Photo Credit: Olga Sabko