What are you working on right now?
- Mostly I work on oil paintings and mosaics with abstract motifs. I'm trying to express my perception of this place and people that work inhere. I was in Bosnia and Herzegovina not so long ago.Also I was in Croatia eight years ago. That is why I have special connection with Balkan. These hills that surround Kotor are great inspiration.During a hiking day, I even took most of the stones that I use for my mosaics. These hills remind me a bit of Romania.
How does it feel to work and live among other artists?
-This year in Dukley Art Centrethere are mostly artists from Eastern Europe, and even some from other parts of the world. We all do different things. We were all luckyto got a chance to come here and be a part of Dukley European Art Community project. I met Marat Gelman, who organizedthe whole project. He had a galery in the same city where I have been worked at the time. He presented us this project the whole idea on Dukley Art Centre. The next day, I came with almost all of my pictures, ready to participate.
Did you work with some of the artists in this residence?
-Since I came here, I worked with American, Serbian, Russian and Ukrainian artist.For example,with an artists I made jewelry, mostly earrings that are now exposed and on sell on the ground floor of the building of former "Jugooceanija".
Did you get a chance to meet artists from Montenegro?
- Some of them came to visit the project and what we do here. I even met the artist who does a similar work with mosaics as I do.He has a stone cutting machine. It is good to know things like that.
What is the audiences' perception of this project?
- I am glad to see that so many people already came to visit us here. Also, there were manytourist among visitors, that came to Kotor by cruising ships.
What are their the most common questions?
- They asked me about Dukley Art Centreproject, how long it is going to last, is it going to be active during the year or next summer. I told them - this should at least for next two or three years.
Gljeb Skubačevski je umjetnik iz Rusije koji ovih dana boravi u "Dukley Art Center" u Kotoru. On pripada rezidentima koji su okupljeni u okviru jednog od umjetničkih projekata "Dukley European Art Community".
Na čemu trenutno radite?
- Radim slike sa apstraktim motivima, uglavnom u tehnici ulja na platnu i mozaike. Pokušavam da prenesem svoje viđenje ovog mjesta i ljudi koji ovdje borave. Nedavno sam boravio u Bosni i Hercegovini, a u Hrvatskoj sam bio prije osam godina. Zato imam poseban odnos prema Balkanu. Ova brda koja okružuju Kotor su velika inspiracija.Čak sam većinu kamenčića koje koristim u mozaicima uzeo tokom jednog od planinarenja. Ta brda podsjećaju malo na Rumuniju.
Kakav je osjećaj živjeti i raditi sa drugim umjetnicima?
- Iako ove godine u Dukley Art Centrevećinom borave umjetnici iz istočne Evrope, tu je nekoliko njih iz drugih djelova svijeta. Svi se bavimo različitim stvarima i to je dobro. Imali smo sreće što smo dobili poziv za učešće u projektuDukley European Art Community. Lično sam upoznao Marata Geljmana, koji je organizovao cijeli projekat. Sreli smo se u gradu u kom sam živio, a u kome je on tada imao galeriju. Kada nam je predstavio ideju o Dukley Art Centre-u,već narednog dana sam došao kod njega sa svojim slikama spreman da učestvujem.
Da li sarađujete sa drugim rezidentima?
-Od kada sam ovdje stigao, radio sam sa američkim, srpskim, ruskim i ukrajinskim umjetnicima. Sa jednom umjetnicom sam konkretno radio minđuše koje se sada prodaju u prizemlju zgrade bivše "Jugooceanije".
Da li ste upoznali neke umjetnike iz Crne Gore?
- Sreo sam neke od njih koji su došli da vide šta mi to ovdje radimo.Čak sam upoznao jednog umjetnika koji radi mozaike od kamenčića, poput mene, i koji ima mašinu za brušenje kamena.Dobro je znati takve stvari.
Kako posjetioci doživljavaju ovaj projekat?
- Drago mi je da je već toliko ljudi došlo da nas vidi. Dosta ih je bilo i sa kruzera koji dolaze da posjete Kotor.
Koja pitanja Vam najčešće postavljaju?
- Pitaju me o samom projektuDukley Art Centre, koliko bi trebalo da traje, da li će biti aktivan preko godine ili sljedećeg ljeta... Moj odgovor je da ovo trebalo da traje najmanje dvije, tri godine.
