Interview With a Pistol

Natalia Zaitseva, Interview with a Pistol, 2023, 1-Kanal-Video, 7:45 Minuten © The artist

A female researcher questions a 17th century pistol from feminist perspective. The Turkish style head, with which the pistol is decorated, answers her questions and asks her back: “Why don’t you look at me through the lens of my time and not yours?”

Natalia Zaitseva, Interview with a Pistol, 2023, 1-Kanal-Video, 7:45 Minuten © The artist

Natalia Zaitseva (1983) is an artist and a writer, who works with theater, performance, video and participatory practices. She collaborates with playwrights, theater actors, visual and sound artists, choreographers and composers. The transition between documentary and fiction is the constant feature of her work.