Natallia Goryacheva

During her residenxcy at MQNatallia Goryacheva works on “Slips, Trips, Falls“, a multidisciplinary project that reimagines the act of falling—not as failure, but as a transformational force—a bifurcation point where systems crack, narratives shift, and new realities emerge. It draws from a repetitive dream of falling—a haunting loop recurring in hyper-productive societies, always teetering on the edge of consciousness.
Rooted in surrealism and irony, Natallia Goryacheva´s project introduces the figure of the Alien—a fictional, feminized, displaced presence who navigates regulated spaces with confusion and curiosity. Her disoriented gaze becomes a method.  As both witness and quiet disruptor, she exposes the absurdities of urban, institutional, and interpersonal systems through misreadings and surreal encounters. Set within a museum context, the Alien’s presence echoes the fall of Newton’s apple—an accidental act that shifts the logic of the system.
Her journey unfolds through surreal photography, video, objects, and performance, forming a playful and ironic inquiry into structures of order, control, and productivity.  By embracing uncertainty, irony, and estrangement, the project invites viewers to see falling not as collapse, but as a catalyst for transformation—an invitation to reimagine how we move, relate, and begin again.