MQ Artist-in-Residence Natallia Goryacheva: SLIPS TRIPS FALLS

17.06.2025 – 17.08.2025 | MQ Pop-Up Schauraum
Opening: Mon 16.06.2025, 18h

The following openings and events will take place at the same time on 16.06:

Art Video Loop installation "The Great Brine" by Jan Hakon Erichson, MQ Schauräume
From Post to Practice: Storytelling Through eSeLschwarm, MQ Schauräume
Observations: The Applied Arts x Leopold Museum , Schauraum Angewandte
Anita Fuchs: Meadows vernissage, MQ Forecourt
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli – Special guest MJANE, MQ Summer Stage
 

Slips, Trips, Falls is a multidisciplinary project by Natallia Goryacheva, MQ Artist-in-Residence for May–June 2025, that reimagines the act of falling—not as failure, but as a transformative force that fractures systems, shifts narratives, and allows new realities to emerge. Inspired by a recurring dream of falling, the work reflects a neurotic response to the pressures of a hyper-productive society, dismantling its illusion of safety and control.

Rooted in surrealism and irony, Goryacheva’s narrative unfolds through the dreams of the Alien—a displaced figure navigating rigid, regulated spaces with confusion and curiosity. Echoing Newton’s apple, the Alien falls to Earth not to reveal physical laws, but to question and reimagine the structures of urban, institutional, and interpersonal life.

The journey manifests through surreal photography, video, sculptural objects, and performance. Together, these mediums form a playful yet incisive inquiry into systems of order, discipline, and productivity. Embracing uncertainty, irony, and estrangement, the project invites viewers to see falling as a radical act of transformation and rebirth.

Natallia Goryacheva (b. 1988, Kobrin, Belarus) is a Moscow-based artist working at the intersection of photography, object art, and performance. Incorporating her own body into her work, she transforms the creative process into a public act where personal experience becomes collective. Through irony and provocation, she explores cultural norms, institutional dynamics, and social stereotypes.

This project is a cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Artist Solidarity Program Europe - ASoP).

Curator: Arina Nekliudova
Exhibition design: (H)Gleb Rusalouski