Gļeb(s) Maiboroda

Gļeb(s) Maiboroda (born 1994) is an artist, researcher, and educator based in Amsterdam. His practice investigates textiles, ritual, and embodied forms of knowledge as technologies for transmitting memory, social relations, and cultural values across time. Working across performance, installation, publication, and pedagogical formats, he examines how knowledge is woven into bodies, materials, and collective practices. Gļeb(s) explores how we can embrace the future without erasing and weaponising tradition. In the face of ever increasing polarisation and nationalism, they examine how cultural heritage–intended to preserve identity and foster connection–is often distorted to serve ideological agendas, turning a unifying force into one of division. Through material exploration and embodied practice, Gļeb(s) investigates ways to reclaim and reinterpret traditions and traditional knowledge, fostering dialogue and critical engagement.