Dasha Ilina

Two more days to see our show “Les Promesses du Chaos” curated by the stars @sophiechichizola and @orane_grnw ⭐️ at @espace.nonono Featuring Energy Academy by @marie_verdeil and yours truly, and works from @maxblotas and @_baptiste_leroux . Write to me if you want to come visit the exhibition this weekend!

Dasha Ilina — Keynote and Q&A (EN) Dasha Ilina @dashesandcommas is a Russian technocritical artist based in Paris. She employs low-tech and DIY approaches to question, document, and challenge the mythology surrounding technology, ultimately revealing what it tells us about the world. Her practice engages the public in order to facilitate a space for the development of critical thought regarding social imperatives for care, privacy in the digital age, and the reflexive contemporary urge to turn to technology for answers. 📆 Saturday, March 21, 2026 — 17:15 📍 Espace Amaretto, Lausanne 🎟️ Tickets available — link in bio More info at localhost-festival.ch Thank you to our supporting partner @ecal_ch , our funding sponsors @villelausanne , @etat_de_vaud , and our partners @head_mediadesign , @epfl_ecal_lab , @docteurgabs , @pappyjohn_torrefaction_de_cafe . This event is also promoted through our partner school @ecal_ch @headgeneve . 📷 Visual identity and animation by @amauryhamon 🎵 Music by @shallow__wave #localhost #metaa #digitalcultures #experimentalmediaart

[exposition] 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢 Les promesses du chaos Max Blotas @maxblotas , Dasha Ilina @dashesandcommas et Baptiste Leroux @_baptiste_leroux Curatée par Sophie Chichizola @sophiechichizola et Orane Grunenwald @orane_grnw Vernissage le 25 février à partir de 18h Pièce sonore de Garance Grillet-Aubert garancegrilletaubert, Marion Genty @gnomygenty et Jean Imrane de Ricaud @abstress_dji à 20h Inscription via le lien en bio Exposition du 25 février au 1er mars Ouverte jeudi et vendredi de 14h à 18h et sur rendez-vous. “Les promesses du chaos” s’articule dans ce qui se dérègle, ce qui se fissure, ce qui fait désordre, dans les failles où on habite. Ici, loin de l’idée de ce que nous avons souvent pu entendre sur le danger du chaos, comment rendre ses lettres de noblesse au désordre, lui permettre de nous nourrir et de nous offrir des ouvertures, des imaginaires, des possibilités qui nous ont été volées. Face à un néo libéralisme croissant, aux illusions capitalistes et à la fascination de l’espèce humaine, nous sommes obligé.e.s de développer des mécanismes de survie au sein du chaos dans lequel nous sommes voués à évoluer. Dans ce paysage instable, le dérèglement des frontières entre fiction et réalité apparaît comme un symptôme du chaos contemporain mais aussi comme l’un de ses remèdes. Inspirées par les écrits d’Hakim Bey et Mark Fisher, nous exposerons trois artistes aux pratiques diverses et aux thématiques se reliant aux technologies, à la science, à ces futurs incertains. Ces œuvres reflètent des tentatives de solutions trouvées face aux chaos, ou en tout cas des manières d’embrasser un futur incertain. ★★★★★★ @espace.nonono au 20 rue Dieumegard 93400 Saint-Ouen

Beyond excited to share Energy Academy - a new project by @dashesandcommas and @marie_verdeil produced at @antre.peaux with the precious help of @_kmrff_ who did the video and audio recording❤️ Watch the full video here: /energy-academy/energy-academy-FR-sub.mp4 Some of you might remember our Battery Academy workshops, well now it’s time for Energy Academy - a video installation tackling the myths surrounding (renewable) energy today. Drawing on the visual and narrative codes of popular science programs such as Bill Nye the Science Guy or C’est pas sorcier, the video questions the concept of the ecological transition. Taking inspiration from research on degrowth, low-tech, and permacomputing practices, Energy Academy examines the widespread myth of free energy via perpetual motion machines, while addressing the issue of shortage and misuse of renewable energies and, more broadly, technosolutionism in the energy sector. Using humour, wacky sound effects, and colourful props, Energy Academy attempts to make the complex and often intentionally obfuscated subject of energy tangible. Co-produced by @imal_brussels and @antre.peaux with the support of @if_officiel in the framework of the @extrafrbe Residencies and @wal.bru.international .

Our @extrafrbe residency with @marie_verdeil has sadly come to an end 🥲 But we had an amazing and very productive time at @imal_brussels and @antre.peaux 💖 Here are some photos of our end of residency presentation at Antre Peaux last week, during which we presented the research and some of the workshop outcomes that happened during our first month of residency in Brussels, as well as the video and the props we produced in Bourges (which we will be sharing with you all soon!) We learned a lot, worked a lot and ate lots of curries! Stay tuned for the future of the project :-) And special thanks to @violeneverduron for supporting us along the way, alongside the teams of iMAL and Antre Peaux!

Dasha’s Kitchen: My Magical Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe (2024) is exhibited at @panke.gallery and there is still a bit more than a week to go see it and the rest of the amazing expo on esoteric algorithms and re-enchanted technologies 😍🧚‍♀️ A big thank you to @arianna.forte2 and @noemi_lia2000 for inviting me to be part of this super nice show! Photos by @galyafeierman 📸

De si beaux souvenirs de notre récente édition Cookery ! Nous avons clôturé la première partie de la résidence de @marie_verdeil et @dashesandcommas à iMAL avec un atelier super fun sur les batteries — du concept d’énergie aux expériences DIY, en imaginant un futur plus durable. Un immense merci à toutes et tous d’avoir participé et rendu tout cela possible 💛 (découvrez nos partenaires dans la vidéo !) Dasha et Marie poursuivront leur résidence avec nos chers collègues @antre.peaux . On vous tiendra au courant pour la suite, ici, là-bas et chez @cwb_paris <3 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 🔋 Such great memories from our recent Cookery edition! We wrapped up the first part of @marie_verdeil and @dashesandcommas residency at iMAL with a super fun workshop on batteries - from the concept of energy to DIY experiments imagining a more sustainable future. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and thanks also to those that made it happen 💛 (check our partners in the video!) Dasha and Marie will continue their residency with our dear colleagues @antre.peaux So we will keep you posted for more here, there and at @cwb_paris <3

*more battery related pictures incoming* Some photos to recap our very fun battery workshop with @marie_verdeil at @imal_brussels as part of The Cookery! Our workshop consisted of three parts: 1. battery academy, 2. what’s a watt?, and 3. permacomputing tesla factory! 🚗 📦 🛞 🪫 🍋 If you want more information about each part of the workshop - you can find it on my website: /workshops.php This workshop was co-produced by @imal_brussels and @antre.peaux with the support of @if_officiel in the framework of the @extrafrbe Residencies and @wal.bru.international - thanks to all of them for making this workshop happen! ✨

#résidencesEXTRA | ✨Dasha Ilina est une artiste techno-critique russe basée à Paris. À travers une approche DIY et low-tech, elle interroge notre dépendance aux technologies numériques et les injonctions sociales liées au soin de soi et des autres ou encore à la vie privée. 🏢Fondatrice du Center for Technological Pain, elle imagine des dispositifs artisanaux pour soulager les douleurs causées par nos usages numériques (exemple : écrans mécaniques pour les yeux réduisant la fatigue oculaire). 🏆 Un projet qui a été récompensé par Ars Electronica et qui a été présenté au Centre Pompidou, à la Gaîté Lyrique, à MU Artspace (NL), à NeMe (CY) ou encore au Hartware Medienkunstverein (DE). Elle est aussi co-directrice de NØ SCHOOL, une école d’été dédiée aux approches critiques des technologies 💬. 👉Cette année, elle rejoint la résidence croisée EXTRA à iMAL et Antre Peaux en duo avec Marie Verdeil pour mener une recherche collaborative en arts numériques autour des usages critiques, féministes et alternatifs de la technologie. NL// #EXTRAresidentis | ✨ Dasha Ilina is een technokritische Russische kunstenares die in Parijs woont. Met een DIY- en low-techbenadering stelt ze vragen bij onze afhankelijkheid van digitale technologieën en de sociale normen rond zelfzorg, zorg voor anderen en privacy. 🏢 Als oprichtster van het Center for Technological Pain ontwerpt ze handgemaakte hulpmiddelen om de fysieke ongemakken te verlichten die voortkomen uit ons dagelijks digitaal gebruik (bijvoorbeeld: mechanische schermen voor de ogen die oogvermoeidheid helpen verminderen). 🏆 Dit project werd bekroond door Ars Electronica en voorgesteld in onder meer het Centre Pompidou, de Gaîté Lyrique, MU Artspace (NL), NeMe (CY) en Hartware Medienkunstverein (DE). Ze is ook mede-directeur van NØ SCHOOL, een zomerschool die zich richt op kritische benaderingen van technologie 💬. 👉 Dit jaar neemt ze samen met Marie Verdeil deel aan de uitwisselingsresidentie EXTRA bij iMAL en Antre Peaux, waar ze samen een digitaal kunstonderzoek voeren rond kritische, feministische en alternatieve toepassingen van technologie.

And... 🚗🔌🔋🚙... what if we cooked with batteries� Batteries have become an ubiquitous method of storing energy. From TV remotes to smartphones to now even electric cars, batteries of different types and sizes and chemical compositions power many of the devices we interact with. In the last few years, they have also become an essential part of the transition towards a sustainable future. But really, is a battery-powered society really sustainable? In this workshop, we will discuss alternatives to current energy models, while trying to make energy more tangible through playful exercises and DIY prototypes that will remind us what a Watt is. We will collectively explore the history of batteries, discuss their challenges and shortcomings, make our own batteries, and who knows, we might even cook with them! 🍿 This workshop is led by our super residents @dashesandcommas and @marie_verdeil ❤️ ❤️ 🦸🔋🌍 Whispers say even Monsieur Batteries, always charged and charming, stopped by to share his spark of wisdom. Will you do so too? Come on and register fast in the link of our bio if you want to have your seat. It's going to go fast cause seats are limited! Graphic Design: @kmichatr As part of the digital art component of the @extrafrbe , iMAL is hosting Dasha Ilina and Marie Verdeil for a month in a cross-residency with @antre.peaux (Bourges, France). EXTRA, the programme to support and promote French contemporary creation in Belgium, was launched in 2016 by @francebelgiqueculture , with the support of the @if_officiel in Paris.

We are super 😀 to welcome our new residents!!!!! As part of the @extrafrbe residencies, iMAL is hosting @dashesandcommas and @marie_verdeil for a month in a cross-residency with @antre.peaux (Bourges, France). During their residency, Dasha and Marie want to make the concept of energy and the contemporary issues surrounding its storage more tangible. Through an interactive installation that runs counter to Tesla's Gigafactories - giant battery factories for its electric vehicles - the artists are proposing a radical opposition not only to the massively extractivist production of lithium batteries by Big Techs, but more broadly to the use of finite resources. Through a participatory process of collecting and experimenting with used batteries, they aim to engage the public in a discussion about energy autonomy, degrowth, the commons and the importance of public transport, at a time of global environmental crises. 👁👁👁👁👁 And please note: Their residency at iMAL will conclude with a presentation and a workshop during The Cookery 2025 (18-21 September). In November, they will join our friends at Antre Peaux for the second part of their residency. And a presentation of the work will also be planned later on with our colleagues at @cwb_paris <3 @sara.centrewalloniebruxelles @stefpecourt thanks to @if_officiel @francebelgiqueculture and @wal.bru.international for making this happen. And special thanks to our dear @violeneverduron for all the amazing work and care put into it <3

On our way to vacation like 🔜🏝☀️🌊