Maja Kalogera

As an artist working a lot with net.art, thus spending much of my time in a room, in front of computer, I am accustomed to spending hours and hours indoors. That is what I wanted to, not that I had to. But, alas..

What was supposed to be the adventure of my life, an art residence in the north of Brazil, above Manaus, did not happen. A year earlier, when I was offered this residence in which narratives for the current rural / ecological universe can be created through contemporary art, I was hesitant at first. And then, when residency couldn’t materialize, that was the only thing I thought about.

Thus, at the time of that first period of self-isolation, I returned to my roots, painting, painting medium and large formats. Stroke by stroke, a whole rainforest of dense green outlines and surfaces flowed out of me. I then continued my multimedia practice, digitizing and animating those images into a series I call ‘very slow images’.

I dream, breathe and live in Amazonian rainforest (in my head).