Elena Rabkina: Invisible People

a documentary photography project by the artist ELENA RABKINA
exhibition opening
at OSLO TO ISTANBUL festival day at Superbude

“When I got to visit the employee cafeteria at Superbude - I was so impressed with the people there. There was such a diversity of cultures and ethnicities. There were people from countries I’d never met before, and everyone was so different and charismatic!
So I decided to take a look behind the scenes at Superbude and pay my respects to the people who create it every day, as in most cases, staff and working immigrants remain unseen or fall into the blind spot.”
The photo project “Invisible People” invites visitors in an interactive way to discover the staff behind the scenes of the hotel and speculates on the topic of diversity, inclusion and labour migration in the setting of the Austrian hotel industry.

Elena Rabkina lived at the studio at Superbude for 5 weeks and took part in our artist in residence program. This edition we curated together with the collective QUESTION ME&ANSWER

Elena Rabkina is Belarusian photoartist, game designer and urban activist based in Odessa, Ukraine. In her works Elena often tries to depict and document the immaterial story of things and places, pay attention to the small real-life details and explore an impersonating angle of urban development.
Most of the artworks tend to have a social commentary and affect the audience in the terms of sensing something bigger, provoking attachments by looking at everyday things and turning the mundane into sacred and worthy.