Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
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The project initially started from a more technological perspective, as I was interested in the reaction of glass with other materials and compounds. I fused glass with aluminum, copper, iron oxide, borax, baking soda, manganese carbonate, silicon carbide, ash, zinc oxide, dolomite, zirconium silicate, and titanium oxide at a temperature of 815°C.
In the second part, I explored the main characteristic of glass, transparency, and how it interacts with light. Light and glass are inseparable, and with the help of light, we can alter the meaning of glass. Therefore, I projected the obtained results onto a canvas using a projector, and hidden, invisible images of glass emerged. By adjusting the focal length of the projector lens vertically, the resolution of the projected image changed, revealing different layers of the obtained tests. Glass became completely dematerialized, although it remained the central medium without which the artwork would not exist.
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Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
Photo: Nika Šantej
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As part of this process, I also made a performance in which I placed a subject (myself) in front of the projection screen and images of glass projected on me. I started dancing in the shadows and lights of glass and I recorded a video. Further, I started to wonder: Has glass now become a part of me, or am I a part of the glass?
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Mentors: prof. mag. Tanja Pak, prof. dr. art. Inguna Audere, prof. em eritus Michael Rogers
Video and editing: Nika Šantej
