desire lines

boryana petkova, drawing, performance, olga sabko, chloé bonnie more, ilian rebei
Desire lines pencil on paper, walldrawing, dimensions variables, collaboration with Olga Sabko, Can you see the black cloud? gallery Ilian Rebei, Paris, 2022
Desire Lines pencil on paper, walldrawing, dimensions variables, exhibition Zone of contact, curated by Yvannoé Kruger, Poush
boryana petkova, contemporary art, 
KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION,
Desire lines pencil on paper, walldrawing, dimensions variables, installation view   KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Photo: Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf, 2021
boryana petkova, contemporary art, drawing, dessin contemporain, walldrawing
Desire lines pencil on paper, walldrawing, dimensions variables, Les Rélévateurs, christian berst art brut, 2021

The series of drawings on canvas paper consists of several large format performative drawings (format adapted to the height of my body with raised hand -220x150cm.) These drawings are made all in the same way :I start drawing from the bottom up as I slowly get up from squatting to an upright position. I repeat this without stopping and without moving away as long as I can.The drawing ends when the body fails to stand up.

The crossed paths that are formed by the movement of my body are the lines of desire. These drawings visually synthesize how the semantics of the idea of the human will to progress unfold. From the initial effort to keep the body upright to the metaphorical equivalent, describing the personal life course of vertical ascent, where after each point reached follows a descent to the starting point of a new ascent.

Desir lines, pencil on canvas paper, in situ drawing, dimensions variables, 2021.
View of the Worst Case Scenario exhibition. Photo credit: Aurélien Mole
Desir lines, pencil on canvas paper, in situ drawing, dimensions variables, 2021.
View of the Worst Case Scenario exhibition. Photo credit: Aurélien Mole