Mari Bastashevski (b.1980 St. Petersburg, Russia) is an artist based in Switzerland. Her work converges on investigative research, art, and journalism, deliberately blurring the boundaries between these practices. Bastashevski makes installations that combine texts, images, and documents to explore questions of secrecy and access to information, and their intersection with the systems of state and corporate power.
Bastashevski received a BA in Political Science and Art History from Copenhagen University and a MA in photography. Her work has appeared in Medium, Wired, Courrier International, The New York Times, Le Monde, and Esquire, and has been exhibited at the Musee de l’Elysee, Noorderlicht, Art Souterrain, among others.
Odessa → Istanbul Ambar → Haifa → Nhava Sheva → Port Klang → Da Chan Bay → Pusan → Shanghai As part of her residency-at-sea, Mari Bastashevski constructed a container that traveled with her and recorded its own experience onboard. Below are a series of photos Mari took of the box throughout her travels.
Mari Bastashevski departed from Odessa, Ukraine on March 25, 2016 en route to her first stop, the port of Istanbul, Turkey. She will travel to Haifa, Israel; Nhava Sheva, India; Port Klang, Malaysia; Da Chan Bay, China; and Busan, South Korea, before disembarking in Shanghai on May 1st.
An image from Bastashevski’s onboard studio with some materials she is bringing with her on her journey.
