| by Erika Lacava | There is something about dead bodies that exerts a certain fascination, making it impossible to look away. An inquisitive gaze that asks where the boundary lies, what is concealed in that instant separating the before – life – from the after. Tamara Kostianovsky captures that moment in a timeless bubble, reiterating it endlessly; she moves in and out of the margins, suspending time and blurring its boundaries. Tamara Kostianovsky’s practice unfolds around the relationship between life and death, stasis and transformation, violence and regeneration. Her textile installations, made from both recycled and secondhand clothing and upholstery fabrics, generate a visual and conceptual short circuit that…