Karina Smigla-Bobinski Explained

Karina Smigla-Bobinski
Birth Date:1967
Birth Place:Szczecin, Poland
Education:Academy of Fine Arts Cracow
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known For:Interactive installations, kinetic sculptures, post-digital art, video stages
Movement:Intermedia artist

Karina Smigla-Bobinski (1967) is a German-Polish intermedia artist, working primarily in new media art and digital art, based in Berlin and Munich.Her work bridges kinetic art, drawing, video, installation, painting, performance and sculpture. Her works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. One of her major works is ADA, a large, interactive kinetic sculpture and drawing machine.[1]

Life and education

Smigla-Bobinski studied art and visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany and graduated as a master student of Gerhard Berger in 2000.[2] [3]

Career

Smigla-Bobinski's work has been shown in galleries and museums including Grande halle de la Villette Museum Paris;[4] and the Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery[5] where her work was exhibited in correlation with Leonardo da Vinci: 10 Drawings from the Royal Collection.

One of her major works is ADA - analog interactive installation, a large kinetic sculpture and drawing machine.[6] [7] [8] [9] Her interactive installation Simulacra engages viewers to discover hidden images displayed on video screens by using magnifying glasses.[10]

Her work has been written about in The Atlantic,[11] Wired,[12] TANZ Magazine, Imperica, Le Journal de Québec,[13] Business Insider,[14] The Vancouver Sun,[15] e-flux, and Calgary Herald.

In 2016 she was a Visiting Research Fellow and Artist in Residence at ZiF Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, the Bielefeld University’s Institute for Advanced Study, a cultural institution that supports collaborations and dialogue between the arts and sciences.[16] [17]

Literature

Exhibitions

Her works have been shown at museums galleries and festivals, including:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karina Smilla-Bobinski. FILE: Electronic Language International Festival. FILE. 15 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Karina Smigla-Bobinski – "I am talking about a complex world.". www.porta-polonica.de. en. 2017-01-23.
  3. Web site: FORSCHUNG im Medium des bewegten Bildes - mit Karina Smigla-Bobinski und Eberhard Ortland (ZiF, Uni Bielefeld). Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. 8 February 2017.
  4. Web site: 100% EXPO : Karina Smigla-Bobinski. Grande Halle La Villette. 11 February 2017.
  5. Web site: ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski. Nottingham Castle Museum and Ar Gallery. 11 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Leclerc. Yves. Être et faire ensemble. Le Journal de Québec. 8 February 2017.
  7. Web site: ADA Kinetic Sculpture at The Lowry. URDESIGN. 12 August 2015 . 8 February 2017.
  8. News: Analogue Is the New Digital in 'ADA,' and Interactive Installation. Baldegg. Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von. The Atlantic. 2017-02-11. en-US.
  9. Web site: Artist's charcoal-studded helium balloon creates mysterious wall drawings (Wired UK) . 2012-01-19 . 2017-02-11 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119062626/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/27/ada-charcoal-sphere . 2012-01-19 .
  10. Web site: Simulacra by Karina Smigla-Bobinski, the elusive ghostly video.. Neural.it. 27 June 2014 . 8 February 2017.
  11. News: Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg. Kasia. Analogue Is the New Digital in 'ADA,' and Interactive Installation. 11 February 2017. The Atlantic. August 22, 2011.
  12. News: Solon . Olivia . Artist's charcoal-studded helium balloon creates mysterious wall drawings . 11 February 2017 . WIRED UK . July 27, 2011 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119062626/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/27/ada-charcoal-sphere . 19 January 2012 .
  13. News: Leclerc. Yves. Être et faire ensemble. 11 February 2017. Le Journal de Québec. January 11, 2017.
  14. News: Fowler. A.C.. This is the world's coolest crayon. 11 February 2017. Business Insider. March 15, 2016.
  15. News: Griffin. Kevin. Balloons become more than lightweights at the New Media Centre. 11 February 2017. Vancouver Sun. June 19, 2015.
  16. Web site: Karina Smigla-Bobinski. ADA. Archive of Digital Art (formerly Database of Virtual Art). 11 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Künstlergespräch mit Karina Smigla-Bobinski. ZiF Zentrum fur Interdisziplinäre Forschung. Bielefeld University. 11 February 2017.
  18. Web site: Brink. Nick. morning star kinetic sculpture by Karina Smigla-Bobinski. DesignBoom. 12 August 2015 . 8 February 2017.
  19. Web site: SIMULACRA Interactive New Media Installation. CURRENTS Festival of New Media. 4 March 2015 . 11 February 2017.
  20. Web site: German Missions in the United States - Karina Smigla-Bobinski. www.germany.info. en. 2017-01-24.
  21. News: ADA – analog interactive installation. Debatty. Régine. 2011-07-21. We Make Money Not Art. en-US. 2017-01-24.
  22. Web site: File São Paulo Exhibition Catalog. File. 8 February 2017.
  23. Web site: Introducing Karina Smigla-Bobinski. www.fact.co.uk. en. 2017-01-24.
  24. Web site: Karina Smigla-Bobinski - ADA. www.fact.co.uk. en. 2017-01-24.
  25. News: Robots y hombres electrónicos. varios. EDICIONES EL PAIS, S.L.,Roberta Bosco y Stefano Caldana. El arte en la edad del silicio. 2017-01-24.
  26. News: Lynn . Hannah . Mattress Factory opens new Artist in Residence series . 29 December 2018 . Pittsburgh City Paper . 26 September 2018 . en.
  27. Web site: Exhitibion: ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski at Mois Multi Festival - Goethe-Institut Kanada. www.goethe.de. en. 2017-01-24.
  28. Web site: Karina Smigla-Bobinski. 2015-02-17. MoTA. 2017-01-24.
  29. Web site: T.R.I.B.E. – Exercises in Transitory Art (MoTA Editions # 2). 2014-09-03. MoTA. 2017-01-24.
  30. Book: Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw. Sylvia Kind. Laurie L. M. Kocher. Encounters With Materials in Early Childhood Education. 19 August 2016. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-317-58857-3. 50.
  31. Web site: ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski Nottingham Castle. www.nottinghamcastle.org.uk. en-GB. 2017-01-24.
  32. News: SIMULACRA. 2015-04-29. WRO 2015 TEST EXPOSURE. en-US. 2017-01-24.
  33. Web site: 2012 ZERO1 Biennial. 2012.zero1biennial.org. en. 2017-01-24.