Сreative machines The Violent End The Fabrika Centre for Creative Industries
Curator Mikhail Sidlin
Dmitri Kawarga has transformed pieces of the factory’s unused research lab equipment into five sculptures called ‘Creative Machines’. With all their tubes and gauges intact, they appear to be emitting strange white matter, transforming before the viewer’s eyes. “When I touch them, I feel the non-linearity of the passage of time,” the artist says of the machines. “The violent end turns into the beginning and finds itself in the very core of the present.”
The hydraulic machine. Ultimate strength of a substance.
Metal, polyurethane, polymers, 3D printing, acrylic, waste oil, hoses. 2026
Splitting of organic matter
Metal, polystyrene, polyurethane foam, polyurethane, 3D printing, hybrid of polyurea, acrylic. 2026
Analytical scales VLA-200-M. Mass and substance.
Metal, polyurethane foam, polymers, 3D printing, acrylic. 2026
Breaking pressure limit of a substance
Metal, polyurethane foam, polymers, 3D printing, acrylic. 2026
A bursting machine. Static analysis of the substance.
Metal, 3D printing, rubber, polymers, acrylic. 2026
Art Focus Now about the exhibition "The Violent End"
Ekaterina Wagner, 09 February, 2026
Farewell to Fabrika: A Transient Oasis of Freedom In a former Moscow factory slated for demolition, the final exhibition pushes into spaces that were previously unused. Curator Mikhail Sidlin has deliberately placed works in the building’s darkest corners, underscoring a simple proposition: art can take root anywhere, even against the odds.