Katya Zherebyatnikova distills the absurdity of everyday life into art. All her themes - longing for utopia, family battles and shattered illusions - are presented with targeted irony and a persistent weariness of social games.
In "Comic Girl," a diploma is no longer a ticket to a better life, parents are a TV series without a finale, and board games are a test of tolerance for your neighbors. It mixes dreams of rebellion, chronicles of depression, and observations that in an age of falsity, even the truth seems like a random glitchy commodity.
No pathos or tragedy - just a dry statement: growing up is painful, funny and unexpectedly political.
