An Unclosed Circuit In 4 Phases
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Ana Loureiro (Portugal, 1991) is an interdisciplinary artist who currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Between 2009 and 2013, she studied Fine Arts - painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto University. During the last semester of her degree, she attended the figurative painting class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the guidance of the Professor Silke Otto-Knapp. In Vienna, she was a member and curator of two art collectives named Friday Exit (2014-2016) and Mz*Baltazar’s Lab (2017-2021), broadening her knowledge and experience in the city's Art and Cultural scene.
Darja Shatalova is a multidisciplinary artist focusing on the structuralisation and systematisation of data, describing current events of her environment and the personal microcosm.
In a continuous notation process, she creates multi-layered, coded expressions composed of symbols, mathematical signs, colour codes and assignments, serving the purpose of analysis and pattern recognition.
The data, collected in the form of graphical records in artist's books, is translated into space-based installations, long-term performances and sound compositions. Whereby, the transformative process constitutes a central element of the working method.