The work addresses death as a form of liberation from imposed roles, structures of power, and prescribed modes of existence.
The forms of the objects combine human and animal features. This hybridity is tied to a state in which a former identity is losing its stability, while a new one has not yet taken shape. This mixture makes it possible to show a transition from social definition to a condition that has not yet acquired a final form.
Liberation in the work is understood as a transitional state in which former boundaries dissolve and the possibility of another mode of existence emerges. Death here becomes the condition for this transition.
In this context, the acceptance of death is connected to the reassembly of the self and movement toward a new form of existence.
The work is in progress and continues to evolve.

Name: Mariya Kutuzova
Born — Location: Russia - Georgia

Maria Kutuzova is an interdisciplinary artist. She was born in 1991 in Borovichi, Novgorod Region, Russia. Since 2022, she has been living and working in Georgia. Since October 2022, she has been a member of the horizontal creative initiative tmp_space. Since 2023, she has also been part of the art group “Particles.” In her practice, she explores how instability and crisis become catalysts for rethinking values and norms, and how moments of change and destruction affect one’s perception of the world and relationship with the self.

For me, death is not only an end, but also a transition, a form of liberation, and part of a cycle. It is frightening, but for me it is just as significant as birth.