The video is based on the reflections accompanying artistic residences on the Greek island of Lefkada and Portuguese Azores. The project was created based on virtual landscapes from computer games and on digital distortions that often come with games. Fascinated by modern information technologies and their incredible potential to shaping lifestyles I tried to answer the question of how to authentically capture the rich duality of physical and virtual life we now experience. In the video I used a text written by myself prepared based on popular guided meditations on YouTube channel, which listening to is supposed to help to calm down, relax and achieve the dreamed effects on various aspects of life. Choosing the contemporary visual alphabet and looking at one of the most classic themes – the landscape – I tried to present a strong desire for relaxation, very common in the overloaded digital age.
Ewa Doroszenko (b. 1983) is a Polish intermedia artist living in Warsaw. In 2012 Doroszenko received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She is a laureate of many international competitions, including Preview – Fait Gallery, Brno, 2016; Debuts 2018 – doc! photo magazine; Debut 2018 – Lithuanian Photographers Association; finalist of Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, 2021; Kranj Foto Fest, 2021; International Festival of Photography FIF BH – Brazil 2020; GENERATE! Festival for Electronic Arts, 2019; FILE Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, 2015. Participant in numerous artist residency programmes, including Re_Act contemporary art laboratory in Portugal, Atelierhaus Salzamt Linz in Austria, The Island Resignified Lefkada in Greece, Hangar Barcelona in Spain, Kunstnarhuset Messen Ålvik in Norway. Her works have been presented, among other venues, at Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Center for Contemporary Art in Toruń, Fait Gallery in Brno, Propaganda Gallery in Warsaw, Exgirlfriend Gallery in Berlin.
Portfolio: https://ewa-doroszenko.com
