Anna Cherednikova
Unwanted
Unwanted is inspired by my personal story of migration and adaptation through four countries. The project explores our relationships with nature in cities through a study of wild, invasive plants on 1 km of the river bank; a series that questions what makes a plant a weed and why it is seen as undesirable.
I like the idea that the earth is a one unique garden where all the plants have the same value, without any hierarchy. Living in beautiful Provence in the south of France, I was fascinated by weeds. They grow between the stones, in places that are not supposed to be good for growing. They resist strong winds and temperatures, we try to prevent them from growing both in gardens and in
public spaces, but they resist and grow and bloom. The plants are small in size, but with the help of the camera we discover their beauty, that we usually ignore. They appear like in a theatre scene however in reality it is just a bank of a river at night. For me, the symbolic meaning of a plant as important as it’s documentary value. The weed, invasive plant is a symbol of the strength of the nature, it resistance, a way of thinking and dealing with idea of migration, relation to a place or environment.
Unwanted examines material and intangible questions about characteristics required for survival, the environment and ecology, and what we humans can learn from the life cycles of weeds.
Photo detail from “Unwanted”
35 C-prints, 60x40cm each
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2021: Geska & Robert Brečević | Anna Cherednikova | Jacob Engblom | Pauline Fransson | Vidar Francke | Klara Gardtman | Josefin Gäfvert | Caroline Harrius | Fanny Hellgren | Alexander Hult | Madeleine Jacobsson | Siiri Jüris | Johan F. Kallman |
Laura Johanna König | Cecilia Levy | Therese Norgren | Malin Pierre | Elin Stampe | Armand Tamboly | Elsa Unnegård.
2021: Sarah Maria Yasdani
2020: Jo Andersson | Iván Argote | Jesper OT Andersson | Mimmi Blomqvist | Emilia Elfvik | Leif Engström | Clara Fina Frisk | Sacco Fujishima | Alexander Gustaf-Thompson | Sofia Heinonen | Fanny Hellgren | Tone Linghult | Camilo Matiz | Yoyo Nasty |
Karla Rakuljić | Ruben Risholm | Johanna Robleto | Ellen Rosdala | Lotta Snijder | Jesper Thour | Axel Versteegh | Felicia Westerberg.
2019: Klara Berge | Jonas Bentzer | Adrián Espinós | Lovisa Hed | Henrik Jonsson | Yung Kim | Kajsa Kiuttu | Frida Lundén Mörck | Ivar Lövheim | Molly Malmer | Sara Nielsen Bonde | André Nordström | Yoyo Nasty | Jesper OT Andersson | Elinor Silow | Lisa Wallert | Felicia Westerberg.
2018: Anna Engver | Axel Versteegh | BarroLevén (Ulrika Barr and Kristina Levén) | BOOM (Erika Kristofersson Bredberg, Matilda Kästel, Sara Lundkvist, Ammy Olofsson, Nina Westman) | Camilo Matiz | Elinor Silow | Erlend Rødsten | Frederik E. | Fredrik Eriksson | Henrik Jonsson | Jenny Käll | Jesper OT Andersson | Kajsa Rönnholm | Kasper Nordenström | Lucia Flores | Marcus Nystrand | Sanna Laaban | Supawan Sihapoompichit | Tora Wallander.
2017: John Alberts | Theodor Ander | Johan Berglund | Ludmila Hrachovinová | J o b | Sara Nielsen Bonde | Emma Brålander | Kyung Jin Cho | Sacco Fujishima | Edith Hammar | Susanna Jablonski | Alvina Jakobsson | Gabriella Loeb | Camilo Matiz | Kasper Nordenström Jung | Jesper OT Andersson | Cecilia Ringertz | Martina Skyttberg | Gethin Wyn Jones
2016: Alexander Hult | Alvina Jakobsson | Asumi Sato | Carl Cyrén | Camilo Matiz | Fredrik Eriksson | Ivo Lundin Hatje & Hannes Tomani | Henrik Jonsson | Jennifer Myerscough | Joakim Sandqvist | Johan Berglund | Jonathan Terry | Karin Sahlin | Liva Isakson | Ludmila Hrachovinová | Tero Niskanen | Trine Struwe | Sacco Fujishima
2015: Johan Berglund | Leontina Gustafsson | Haruna Hirano | Susanna Jablonski | Inez Jönsson | Yuuka Kita | Erika Kristofersson Bredberg | Matilda Kästel | Matilda Lundin | Sara Lundkvist | Ammy Olofsson | Daniel Reinius | Trine Struwe | August Sörenson | Nina Westman
2014: Ammy Olofsson | Anna Lidberg | Asumi Sato | Axel Versteegh | Camilo Matiz | Emma Andersson | Erlend Grytbakk Wold |
Gabriella Loeb | Ida Persson | Liva Isakson Lundin | Ossian Eckerman | Sacco Fujishima | Åke Gustafsson.
2013: Sacco Fujishima.
2012: Aiko Kubo | Anna Åstrand | Bianca Nabuco | Christofer Blixt | David Larsson | Hanna Zelleke Collin | Heyjoo Yang |
Jakob Solgren | Julius Göthlin | Kristofer Hedberg | Lilian de Souza | Monika Strasser | Pål Sommelius | Supawan Sihapoompichit.