Magdalena Petrova
beeldhouwen - experimenteel - installatie - interactief - performance
Magdalena Petrova (b. 1995 Sofia) is a performance and multimedia artist based in Rotterdam. Her practice explores the shapeshifting qualities of the Self through ritual invention. Drawing from her animistic heritage and the complexities of her Post-Soviet upbringing, she seeks ways to ritualize man's optimism above fear. Embracing vulnerability and discomfort, Magdalena invites her audience to engage in immersive and interactive experiences and trigger the exact conversations that are often swept under the rug. As someone who consistently struggled with expressing themselves verbally, the necessity to find alternative ways of conversing has become a big part of her artistic practice. In these attempts to translate herself, Magdalena uses ancestral tools to create new meanings.