Natural vs synthetic
Daria Biryukova drew inspiration from a 1983 set of synthetic colours from the museum’s collection that was used to colour shadow puppets for a Karagöz theatre in Turkey. Her fascination with materials and processes led her to embark on a research journey into natural and synthetic dyes. She interviewed several experts and will be showing eight works of art with eight unique colours, both synthetic and natural.
2022 October
In the Plastic Crush exhibition, four young designers reflect on the relationship between humans and plastic. Frame a Story followed the process on behalf of the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam. Daria Biryukova is one of four young talents who reflect on the relationship between humans and plastic in the exhibition 'Plastic Crush'. Commissioned by the Tropenmuseum, Frame a Story made video portraits that show how designers were inspired by objects from the depot.