Attention, Economies and Art: Katja Novitskova at TEDxVaduz

Katja Novitskova (b. Estonia, 1984, lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin) researches ongoing evolutionary transformations of matter and social and informational processes in the present globalized world, developing personal strategies to render future forms for our world. With a background in visual semiotics, graphic design and new media, her works range from digital collages to sculpture and installation, collaborative projects and artist's publications. In 2010 Novitskova launched an artist's book and curatorial initiative, Post Internet Survival Guide. In 2012 she had her first solo exhibition, MACRO EXPANSION, at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler gallery, Berlin. Selected two-person and group exhibitions include: Speculations on Anonymous Materials, Fridericianum, Kassel; CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (with Timur Si-Qin); Profit|Decay, Arcadia Missa, London (with Amalia Ulman); Art of Living, Galerie Valentin, Paris; Orlando, Brodbeck Foundation, Catania, Sicily; TruEYE SurView, W139, Amsterdam. Her work has been featured in Artforum, Art Review, Frieze, Mousse, Metropolis M, Die Zeit and Volume magazine, amongst others. In 2013 she started a two-year residency at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam.

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