{"id":1294,"date":"2024-08-12T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/?page_id=1294"},"modified":"2024-08-12T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:11:32","slug":"bug-life-2-nikita-andrejev","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/eco-visions\/bug-life-2-nikita-andrejev\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Life 2 (Nikita Andrejev)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1294\" class=\"elementor elementor-1294\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0374 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8d0374\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fff758c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fff758c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bug Life 2 (Nikita Andrejev)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ae47e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9ae47e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f630df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f630df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">from Bug Life series<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea921b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea921b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cadaca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cadaca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/files\/2024\/07\/bug-life-2-min-mk3DrQD1LRu53RN9-897x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-176\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/files\/2024\/07\/bug-life-2-min-mk3DrQD1LRu53RN9-897x1024.png 897w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/files\/2024\/07\/bug-life-2-min-mk3DrQD1LRu53RN9-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/files\/2024\/07\/bug-life-2-min-mk3DrQD1LRu53RN9-768x877.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival-24\/files\/2024\/07\/bug-life-2-min-mk3DrQD1LRu53RN9.png 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Oil paint on canvas - 60 x 68.5 cm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f01032 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f01032\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb7d140 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb7d140\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c71eac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c71eac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Add Your Heading Text Here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9bc07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e9bc07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da0b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1da0b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artist Statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9af0398 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9af0398\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8d8c99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8d8c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The core of my practice revolves around exploring the materiality of paint and the expressive potential of mark-making. 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