View of the oceans

 

Ewa Doroszenko, Jacek Doroszenko

 

Ewa Doroszenko and Jacek Doroszenko’s audiovisual project consists of video and photography works created as part of Artist-in-Residence programmes in Greece, Lithuania, and Portugal.

In their works, Ewa and Jacek examine how digital images and the latest technologies mediate perception of the natural world. Fascinated by modern information tools and their massive potential for shaping our ways of life, the artists seek to capture the atmosphere of a simultaneously physical and virtual present tense. Studying the textures of landscapes and surfaces, natural and simulated, they emphasise the role of photography in navigating today’s world.

Using Google Street View, popular computer games, travel guides, and various online resources, the artists test how contemporary digital culture impacts perception of landscape. In addition to the visual layer, they also explore the sound environment, assembling recorded fragments into meditative musical compositions. Through multiplicative processing of material collected during ‘online’ and ‘offline’ excursions, Ewa Doroszenko and Jacek Doroszenko seek to develop a unique itinerary for artistic expression attuned to the digital age.

Ewa Doroszenko is an intermedia artist and a doctor in fine arts. She is the winner of multiple international competitions, including Fait Gallery’s PREVIEW in Brno (2016), doc! photo magazine’s DEBUTS (2018), and the Lithuanian Photographers Association DEBUT (2018); and was a finalist at the Noorderlicht International Photo Festival (2021), Kranj Foto Fest (2021), FIF – International Festival of Photography of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2020), Athens Digital Arts Festival (2020), GENERATE! Festival for Electronic Arts (2019), Der Greif and the World Photo Organisation open call (2018), and FILE Electronic Language International Festival in São Paulo (2015). She was awarded a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, in 2019, and has been the beneficiary of residency programmes including Re_Act Contemporary Art Laboratory (Azores, PT), Atelierhaus Salzamt (Linz, AT), The Island – Resignified (Lefkada, GR), and AAVC Hangar (Barcelona, ES).

Jacek Doroszenko is the author and creator of audiovisual and web-based projects. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, he was awarded a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, in 2020, and has been the beneficiary of residency programmes including Kunstnarhuset Messen (Ålvik, NO), Atelierhaus Salzamt (Linz, AT), Petrohradská kolektiv (Prague, CZ), Klaipeda Culture Communication Center (LT), and AAVC Hangar (Barcelona, ES). His projects have been presented in exhibitions both in Poland and abroad, including at the Matadero Contemporary Art Centre in Madrid, FIESP Cultural Centre Ruth Cardoso in São Paulo, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts in Vancouver, Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń, Exgirlfriend Gallery in Berlin, Propaganda in Warsaw, The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, Fait Gallery in Brno, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples, the Historic Centre of Athens, and Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro.rt Museum w Neapolu, Historic Centre of Athens, Cidade das Artes w Rio de Janeiro.