Anna Bochkova’s ceramic sculptures exist in a space between softness and confrontation, between mythology and science fiction. Human figures emerge from flowers, a house blooms like fire, a female figure embraces a wounded home. These hybrid beings embody metamorphosis, ambiguity, loss, and care. Their fragile materiality becomes a metaphor for resilience—delicacy that holds strength within.
Resting on shimmering, pastel-colored textiles, the sculptures appear suspended between realities. Their forms feel familiar yet defy categorization. Inspired by Eastern European Cosmists such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Bochkova envisions utopian worlds where new beings and alternative forms of existence take shape. Tsiolkovsky imagined future beings as flower-like creatures with wings, capable of feeding on solar energy and modulating photosynthesis. Bochkova revisits these bold theories, reinterpreting them in today’s context as speculative spaces where transformation, adaptation, and fluidity become essential conditions of existence.
Her work is interwoven with feminist theory, transhumanist ideas, and Donna Haraway’s concept of the cyborg. Themes of power, migration, and the fragile construction of home resonate throughout her practice. In Bochkova’s art, personal mythology and speculative futures merge—an invitation to think beyond the present and imagine new narratives yet to unfold.