GRAPHICS

My artistic praxis dwells on mechanical repetition of screen printing technique and the pleasure of giving up control.

I set up the primary configuration of my printing set with masking tape on a screen, observing how a squeegee blade slowly peels masking tape off a screen. I receive a sequence of unique prints, every next one is slightly different from the previous one. With every movement I observe how time and transformation enter the materiality of surface. If I want to erase the tape completely, it takes 30 - 120 prints to erase it.

The excitement of being surprised by an accident, by something that just happened due to the quality of the materials, plays a significant role for me.

Nevertheless, as plane visual shapes on the surfaces have a profound tradition, some of my abstractions fall by chance into certain visual tropes. I find it fascinating that a shape created accidentally and associated with colour evokes stronger associations and illusions, while another remains a formal shape. This means that the expressive means of the medium are not only technical and material but also social and historical. I am curious to investigate the various aspects of the concept of medium and its mechanisms.

My artistic praxis dwells on mechanical repetition of screen printing technique and the pleasure of giving up control.

The excitement of being surprised by an accident, by something that just happened due to the quality of the materials, plays a significant role for me.