Maya Myakila (Mia Mäkilä) is a famous Swedish artist suffering from schizophrenia. She herself learned to draw and, in general, considers herself a poorly educated person. She was born on March 21, 1979 in the city of Norrköping, now lives in Stockholm, where she is actively engaged in creativity. In addition to the surrounding reality, Maya is inspired by the work of directors. David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Roy Andersson, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton are her favourites. Among the artists: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel, Francisco Goya, Jean-Michel Basquiat and the masters of Disney Studio. If you look closely at her work, you can clearly trace their influences.
Her work can be regarded as a cry for help, a sick and unhappy girl. But, who are you and I to condemn and teach the "sick", and possibly a brilliant author? Maybe, if it were not for the disease, then these works would not exist? You can remember how David Lynch refused psychotherapeutic help, suspecting that as a result he would not be able to make his strange movie.
The most common motifs in Maya's paintings and collages are family, loneliness, spiritual deformity and death. Group shots of disfigured and deformed faces, set against a utopian or empty world. But are they corrupted? The artist seems to reveal bright faces with a brush. Revealing the monsters hidden under the mask. In these drawings, ordinary people who are angry, lie and destroy. And they feel fear.
Each of us is sick on a subconscious level, and each splashes out his thoughts, his energy - in completely different ways. Loneliness and longing are overwhelming, we drown in it when there is no one around except ourselves and our thoughts. Which splash out: for someone in the form of suicide, and for someone in the form of creativity. This is an endless chain under the loud name - the system - which lasts forever. It spins like a wheel, but if the system is eternal, then life, unfortunately, is not. Maya, not afraid, cuts the bodies with sharp scissors and glues together from pieces and scraps of history - our world, which presents us from the point of view of a madman. From the point of view of normality, but vice versa, because who knows, maybe in these pictures, we are now with you.
The theme of women, of course, is dominant in the works of the Georgian artist Maia Ramishvili (Maia Ramishvili). From each of her paintings, pensive girls, exquisite ladies, fatal beauties look at us - all incredibly feminine and beautiful.
If we talk about the works of Maya, then we can not say about their decorative nature and the artistry with which their character is conveyed. The background of her paintings resembles fabric collages, in which the artist carefully thinks through and embodies every detail and pattern. Looking at the canvases of Maya Ramishvili, the viewer wanders around the picture, trying to notice every detail and then, finally, realizes that for the author they are not details at all. So much energy has been invested in the background that it can hardly be called a background! The heroines have expressive eyes, excessively big hands, sometimes with nervously clenched fingers - each element, at first glance, even insignificant, brings its share of expressiveness to the picture.
Maya Ramishvili's paintings combine artistic experience Georgia and European traditions, which opens up new and interesting opportunities in the field of art. Maya is the same artist whose works do not lose from the combination of these two principles and immerse the viewer in the world of amazing aesthetics and harmony.
“It is very difficult to define the style in which I create my paintings,” Maya says, “because the artist does not think about what he is creating while creating his work. Artwork come from within and convey your mood, relationships, emotions…”
Maya Ramishvili was born in 1969 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Her artistic talent was already evident in early age, so there were no problems with the choice of profession. Maya graduated from two prestigious educational institutions: art school them. Nikoladze and Tbilisi state academy arts. After graduation, in 1996, Ramishvili's professional career began. Maya's husband is also a professional artist - Mamuka Didebashvili.
An interactive museum is an oceanarium that has both educational and entertaining functionality, working in one bundle (Educational entertainment - Edutainment).
- The work participated in the FUTUWAWA Competition 2014.
- Image source: futuwawa.pl
My master thesis’ subject is "Leisure and education in architecture – Warsaw Aquarium". Architecture is a reflection of the processes taking place in society. Activities that combine leisure and education are an important element of social life. The author have chosen this topic because of the phenomenon of interactive museums that constantly attracts crowds of visitors. Warsaw is the largest Polish city, with a population of 2 mln people, but it does not have any recreation or entertainment center. The city is seperated from the river, over which there are large , undeveloped areas . One of the places that combine leisure and education in Warsaw is the Zoological Garden and the Copernicus Science Centre. ZOO is a very popular place, but it’s the most attractive during warm days, when people willingly choose to wander with their kids, and the Copernicus Science Center enjoys extremely high popularity constantly regardless of the weather condition. In the era of new media, especially among young people, movies about animals are very popular. In the theoretical part of the work, author study how people choose the forms of spending free time, what affect this change in customs and culture of the society. The author explains the concepts of free time, briefly introduces the theories related to this issue and present the different aspects of this phenomenon over the centuries. Using the CBOS "Leisure Poles", the paper presents the problems of free time currently exist in Poland. The theoretical part focuses on the cultural and educational aspects related to recreation and describes the types of associated with the entertainment and education buildings. The idea of the project is based on the creation of oceanic educatorium – the attractive place that combines education and entertainment. The building is located in Warsaw upon Vistula River – on the slot adjacent to the Copernicus Science Center and Warsaw University Library. The building has a footbridge connecting the two banks of the Vistula on the roof. And can be a part of the newly designed cultural-educational path, which is an alternative to the path of historical museums extending along the historic Royal Route. The building combines the functions of education and entertainment in the form of City Aquarium. In addition, the project provides the opportunity to rent part of the building to organize activities for children and adults, so the building can also exist as a cultural center. Public hall can be rented for events, and part of the exhibition can be a bookstore, the place where you can read books without having to buy them. The building is designed to tell visitors a complete story about oceans and animals which live in water, there which will be displayed films and lectures about animals. The interior of the building is designed as a thematically organized tour starting from the top floor (accessible from the main lobby with movable ramps) or directly from the footbridge. The goal of the design was to create a continuous story, supported by the presented animals, interactive exhibition and interior design. City Aquarium is open to people of all ages, and its main aim is to raise awareness among visitors about oceans in an attractive way and to provide good entertainment.
"Urban mountains on the territory of FSO (Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych S.A. - Car Factory)" | City mountain within the area of FSO car factory
A complex of three urban mountains at the former FSO test site. Detached residential buildings with gardens are located on the tops of the mountains.
- Authors: Maja Wrońska, Anna Majewska.
- The work participated in the FUTUWAWA Competition 2013.
- Image source: futuwawa.pl
The project involves the creation of a set of three city mountains on the former FSO test track. Detached houses with gardens are designed on the slope of the highest mountain. Access to the buildings are possible from a spiral ramp around the hill. Services are located on the second hill and on the third one a kindergarten, a school, and a sports center with a football club for young people from Praga district are available. Pulled-up buildings have allowed a recreation park to be designed in the surrounding area. A large number of lawns generate biomass that, suitably processed, could be burned in the incinerator located inside the highest mountain.
The CITY MOUNTAIN would generate a new:
- QUALITY OF SOCIAL LIFE – mountain: an accumulation of buildings – availability of many different functions in a small area – houses with gardens – more flats – the release of land – park – a large public space – space for sport and recreation for the inhabitants of Warsaw – education through sport for young people from Praga district.
- RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT – pulled-up buildings – saving space – the accumulations of functions – biogas – green energy – the usage of easily accessible and currently wasted material to produce energy (grass from the park and surrounding green areas of Warsaw) – park – a natural landscape park on the bank of the Vistula River – no destruction of the ecosystem – a large biologically active space, biogas fuel.
- QUALITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE – restoring multi-layered social life in a post-industrial, degraded area – houses with gardens 15 minutes from the city center – the preservation of Vistula River’s natural bank.
"Green production - a hyperstructure for 15,000 inhabitants on the territory of the Warsaw Metallurgical Plant" | Green production – a hiperstructure for 15,000 inhabitants in the area of Warsaw Ironworks
student project urban hyperstructure, accommodating 15,000 inhabitants, on the territory of the abandoned Warsaw Metallurgical Plant. The project involves the creation of a center in this area of the city textile industry. The hyperstructure is divided into smaller structures, consisting of 7 flower-shaped elements, which include residential buildings, industrial sites, agricultural sites, schools, kindergartens, colleges, parks, a church and a cemetery. Car traffic is planned to be transferred to the underground level, the surface of the earth is intended only for the movement of pedestrians and public transport.
- The work participated in the FUTUWAWA Competition 2012.
- Image source: futuwawa.pl
Student project of a structure located in the degraded industrial area of the Warsaw Ironworks, aimed at making it attractive and pulling it back to the urban fabric, made in the Independent Laboratory of Industrial and Large Spatial Design of the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of technology. Designing a weaving center will result in people migrating to this area of the city. The increase in the intensity of development, and thus increase in demand for energy has been addressed by the cultivation of energy plants and algae. The whole structure is divided into smaller systems consisting of seven units, visible as a “flower” from above, and it includes a housing unit, industrial unit, cultivaition unit and schools, kindergartens, a college, parking lots, recreational areas, a church and a cemetery. Roads for cars are located underground, the surface is designed for pedestrians and public transport (buses). The structure can accommodate 15,000 people.
Maya Ramishvili was born in 1969 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Her artistic talent manifested itself at an early age, so there were no problems with choosing a profession. Maya graduated from two prestigious educational institutions: the Art School. Nikoladze and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. After graduation, in 1996, Ramishvili's professional career began. Maya's husband is also a professional artist - Mamuka Didebashvili.
The theme of women, of course, is dominant in the works of the Georgian artist Maia Ramishvili (Maia Ramishvili). From each of her paintings, pensive girls, exquisite ladies, fatal beauties look at us - all incredibly feminine and beautiful.
If we talk about the works of Maya, then we can not say about their decorative nature and the artistry with which their character is conveyed. The background of her paintings resembles fabric collages, in which the artist carefully thinks through and embodies every detail and pattern. Looking at the canvases of Maya Ramishvili, the viewer wanders around the picture, trying to notice every detail and then, finally, realizes that for the author they are not details at all. So much energy has been invested in the background that it can hardly be called a background! The heroines have expressive eyes, overly large hands, sometimes with nervously clenched fingers - each element, at first glance, even insignificant, brings its share of expressiveness to the picture.
Maia Ramishvili's paintings combine the artistic experience of Georgia and European traditions, which opens up new and interesting possibilities in the field of art. Maya is the same artist whose works do not lose from the combination of these two principles and immerse the viewer in the world of amazing aesthetics and harmony.
“It is very difficult to define the style in which I create my paintings,” Maya says, “because the artist does not think about what he creates while creating his work. Artistic works come from within and convey your mood, relationships, emotions…”
The artist herself tells about herself briefly:
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Maya Myakila - Swedish artist, schizophrenic. Known for her psychedelic and terrifying paintings. Born March 21, 1979 in Norrköping, Sweden.. She currently lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.. She is a Swedish artist known for her lack of education..
The artist herself tells about herself briefly:
"I think they call me 'Fear Painter' because I deal with difficult emotions and themes such as fear, longing, madness, anger and grief are present in my art. But I am mainly inspired by films and directors such as David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Roy Andersson, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton and artists - Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel, Francisco Goya, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Disney Studio masters in the 1930s and 40s ..
According to the author of such terrible pictures, the main thing in life for her is the truth. “Well, there is still love and art, and they are perhaps more important, but if we do not live truthfully, we cannot truly love a person, and if we do not speak the truth about works of art, then about no art and speech it can't be,” says the artist.
It is the truth that she considers the main goal of her terrible paintings. Even if it's a pretty creepy truth. Mia Makila touches on many topics: politics, love, people, life in general. Judging by Mia's paintings, there is no truth in the world that hides something good. I wonder how Mia herself knows that all this is true? One way or another, she finds in her paintings the embodiment of her demons and nightmares, her fears and sorrows, she paints them in order to get rid of them. In her paintings there really is a lot of stuff from nightmares: creepy incongruous images. Collected by some inexplicable logic in one place.
