Varvara Guljajeva: Artist Talk
Date: Thursday, 28th of August at 8.30pm

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet have been working together as an artist duo since 2009. They have exhibited their art pieces in a number of international shows and festivals. In addition to that, they have been on non-stop residency tour for three years.

The artist duo locates itself in the field of art and technology and is concerned about the new forms of art, innovation, and also the application of knitting in the field of digital fabrication. They are the authors of open source knitting machine Knitic and their aim is the integration of textile fabrication into the makers' culture. Thus, they use and challenge technology in order to explore novel concepts in art and design. Hence, research is an integral part of their creative practice.

In addition to kinetic and interactive installations, the artists have also experience with working in public space and with urban media.

During the talk Varvara will introduce duo's work with open source knitting machine Knitic, talk about knitted works exhibited in Maribor City Gallery, and share experience about last artworks produced and commissions, like Wishing Wall commissioned by Google and exhibited in Digital Revolution show at Barbican Centre in London.

Varvara is originally from Estonia, gained her bachelor degree in IT from Estonian IT College, master degree in digital media from ISNM in Germany and currently is a PhD candidate at the Estonian Art Academy in the department of Art and Design.
Mar (born in Barcelona) has two degrees: in art and design from ESDI in Barcelona and in computer game development from University Central Lancashire in UK. In addition to that, Mar is finalizing his master at Interface Cultures in Art and Design University of Linz in Austria. Also he is a co-founder of Derivart and Lummo.