Beáta Kolbašovská / Agape / Temporary echoes
Video work is based on the intersection of new media, CGI animation, topography, live paths and physical movement in digital space. The artist explores the local terrain, maps roads and documents her sensory memory with technology and nature in symbiosis. Through walking experience she discovers the possibility of mapping the exact topography of the particular place. By tracking her movements and interactions, she wants to weave a story that reflects both the natural and man-made elements of the region. She uses GPS tracking as a tool for her artistic perception, not as a technological device to display physical location. By mapping the spatial self in the digital environment, she captures the temporary echoes of the invisible. By seeking the curiosity and perception of the landscape, she creates the illusion that we are in an abstract moving image. With hypnotic ambient drone music, we can move forward on the path of the ephemeral moments of the nowness.
Beáta Kolbašovská is a new media artist from Slovakia, based in Košice, born in 1984. She holds an MA at the Technical University in Košice, Slovakia in the New Media Studio and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux, France. Her focus is site specific installation, live visuals, multimedia performance, vjing, video mapping, video installation. She is the co-founder of the visual collective Nano vjs and POMA (Platform of Open Media Art) which creates and exhibits international media art in public spaces. In her work, ephemeral moments are used for communication between the artwork and the participants. Audiovisual installations are calibrated for a special space and the atmosphere of a particular place. She exhibits and performs worldwide. https://cargocollective.com/betakaroten