In this exhibition, the artist turns to a new means of expression for her audience, namely the digital drawing. An important question that interests her is how a single image can be used to create at least several works of art. It must be stated that we are not talking about digital art here, but about the use of tools and programs to create an image that comes into use, and on different levels.

Vasilena Gankovska is known as an artist using different media like painting, drawing, ceramic object and text. In the „Digital Transformations“ series, both in the prints and in the video projections, she uses several ceramic objects that she created during a symposium as a starting point. The small sculptures serve as models for multiple drawings, which she transforms through applications, thus turning them into vector graphics that can be reproduced in different sizes and on different media. 

The printed work acquires new qualities, becomes tactile and present in space.This work is based on technology while encouraging the creative process and experimentation. 

Some critics argue that digital images can be perceived less authentically than traditional art forms because they do not involve the same hands-on interaction with physical materials. Despite these concerns, Gankovska is able to successfully carry out her visual transformations by transferring lines and planes of color from one medium to another.

By giving up upon the pictorial canvas or object, she also makes reference to another issue that is emerging more clearly to the artistic community, namely the question of the ecological aspect of the creative process. 

Why are we talking about sustainable works here? The initial sketches or files are not affected by the weather and the environment. They can always be transferred to an analogue medium that is more or less sustainable. Files are distributed in a digital environment without the need for transport, packaging and logistics. The printing itself takes place “on site” in the city where the exhibition is to be presented, thus making use of available resources and without negatively affecting the environment.

 

Vasilena Gankovska in collaboration with Boris Kostadinov