PEG interviews Belarus Photographer Artist Dari Mos

PEG interviews Belarus Photographer Artist Dari Mos Bio in her own words: My name is Darya Moskaliova. I am also known as Dari Mos, an artistic pseudonym I have chosen for myself by cutting out a part of my first and last names to make it easier to write, pronounce and remember. I am from Belarus, living in France since 2011, I met my boyfriend Skye (he is American) in 2016 and started to live in-between France and California. I have been a full time photographer since 2011 along with a current focus on sculpture, music, videos and street-art. I am self-taught. The only schools I went to have little to do with photography: I studied philosophy at Sorbonne and I went to the theater conservatory in Paris as well. I use photography as a voice to express my particular vision of the world. I find inspiration in things others may often ignore, in the ugliness, sadness and melancholy of our world. I use photography assisted by other media at my disposal to help me share my imagination, I draw inspiration from the darker areas in life that are often overlooked as I feel that the ugly things in life often harness unseen beauty. I am inspired by the counterculture of past generations, in the 70’s new wave and punk movement, by gothic architecture and the cultures of the surroundings of my youth growing up in Belarus and France. Links Instagram: @darimos @onefamoushole YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8qYLCFZcruVcZWUo9Cubsg Website https://wwwdarimoscom.dpg.cx Fundraiser for Belarus: https://found.ee/VJnO Gallery Show October 24th France: https://couserans-pyrenees.fr/darya-moskaliova/ Darya Moskaliova, Almost Home From September 8 to October 24, Médiathèque de Lorp-Sentaraille — meeting and opening on Friday September 11 at 6 p.m. Darya Moskaliova is 24 years old. She was born in Belarus and started taking photos at the age of 15, when she arrived in France: “I was surrounded by a world that was completely unknown to me, photography was my only tool for life. 'tame, but also my only weapon to fight and survive. "A philosophy graduate from the Sorbonne, she mixes and integrates her creations (video, sculpture, painting) with her images. She has lived in Saint-Girons since 2019. "When a man does not belong to a country, a house, can we really take away this attribute of living from him? Can we say that a vagrant does not live? In my opinion, we will always live: in the street, in a car, in trains, between houses, between countries. By saying Almost home ’, I think I can define my artistic lifestyle that always escapes comfort and stability, so that the ink inside me never dries up.