Magda Olchawska BIO

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ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I make films and video art, write fiction, blogs, and articles and work on site-specific and site-responsive, immersive art projects that combine many of the creative elements I use in my practice.

I work with reclaimed and reused materials to promote circularity and long-term sustainability in my site-specific and site-responsive projects. I’m passionate about crafting reflective, immersive and participatory projects which connect people with themselves, their stories and their past. I’m drawn to preserving knowledge, and I feel that designing safe spaces for sharing knowledge and having inclusive conversations in public spaces is crucial to building healthy communities. One such project is Meditative Gardening Pod, which is a reflective space that offers a public place for reflection and meditation as well as an opportunity to learn how to grow simple greens in limited spaces.

I make character-driven and political films (“Anna & Modern Day Slavery”). However, now and then, I indulge myself in a good romantic story (“9 MM”). My video art is often experimental and a part of larger multimedia and multiplatform projects (“After You Are Gone”). I also make artistic environmental documentaries (“Another Way...”) and videos about vegan and sustainable lifestyles on a budget and in an urban environment.

I have been writing blogs since 2007; however, only recently have I realised how much they are integrated into my artistic practice. My creative writings include: speculative (Ecotopia Universe) and social fiction (School Runs), as well as children’s books (Mikolay & Julia series) and children’s stories (My Mum Is a Superhero). My work is freely available online.

My most recent site-responsive projects focus on creating reflective gardening and safe spaces in nature-deprived diverse neighbourhoods.
My long-term project Ecotopia Universe is a multimedia and multiplatform body of work that focuses on ecofeminism, eco-minimalism, and environmentally sustainable movement towards long-term planetary and personal health. School Runs another multimedia and multiplatform project that asks questions about the feminisation of poverty and women’s economic empowerment.

Ultimately my work is about connection and creating a positive narrative that is more inclusive and understanding towards diversity of cultural, social and environmental needs, as well as the need to keep the storytelling traditions alive. I hope my work can unite generations and empower communities and individuals to actively engage in the rapidly changing world to build a new civic society.

EDUCATION

CURRENT PROJECTS

Multimedia & Multiplatform projects

School Runs – aims at offering women in the arts and creative industry hands-on, practical advice on how to gain economic empowerment. The project consists of flash fiction following Rachel’s story, financial blogs, and a short film (currently in development) based on a “School Runs” feature film script.

Ecotopia Universe – is a multimedia project comprising of 2 People short stories, Ecotopia Universe short stories, feature and short film scripts, sustainability and environmental blogs, artistic documentaries, Another Way… YouTube sustainability series and She/Her Wreath multi-media art installation. Ecotopia Universe represents a speculative universe depicting the possible future of humanity after the environmental collapse. The project draws on the tradition of eco-feminism and eco-minimalism and is strongly rooted in the current political, environmental and social climate.

FILM PROJECTS

Writer/Director/Producer

THEATRICAL PROJECTS

Producer
· “After You Are Gone” | Immersive-multimedia theatrical production | 2022
· “just for you” | Immersive-multimedia theatrical production | 2022

ART PROJECTS

· “She/Her Wreaths” | Suspended sculpture composed of willow circles, natural and artificial materials, dry flowers, and single-use plastic. Accompanied by a short experimental video | Multi-media project |2022

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES

OP-ED
· Life of a European Family After Brexit | Impakter | 2022

Other Articles
· London Metropolitan University: Festival of Cause & Effect | Shoreditch Town Hall | 2022

Current Writing Projects

· Filmmaking Writing & Creativity Blogs
· Sustainability and Eco-minimalistic Lifestyle Blogs
· Financially Independent Lifestyle for Women in the Arts Blogs
· Impakter Contributing Writer

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

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Film, Video Art, Writing, and Site Responsive Art Projects

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