Albena Baeva
40х40х10 cm, PLA 3D print, photogrammetry, 6 imprints of pavement fragments, each with size 7x7 cm
These 3D prints of photogrammetry scans of the pavement tiles of two suburban neighborhoods in Plovdiv were taken in 2019 when the city was the European Capital of Culture.
I herborized the broken tiles as a document of the places and problems that are easily solved, but society ignores them. Pavement bumps annoy many of the residents of these neighborhoods but are not the main problem. Broken tiles, muddy pools, and patchy pavement happen to be a great challenge for people in wheelchairs, immobile elders, and mothers with baby strollers. Corrupted infrastructure limits them to the borders of their living spaces and neighborhoods, and they become invisible.
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Albena Baeva (born in 1983 in Sofia, Bulgaria) works at the intersection of art, technology and social science. In her interactive installations for urban spaces and galleries, she uses ML and AI, physical computing, creative coding, and DIY practices.
Albena has two MAs: one in Restoration and one Digital Arts from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, where she specialized in art technology from the 12th to the 21st century.
Albena is a co-founder of Runabout project, a platform for new performance instruments, the studio for interactive design Reaktiv and gallery Gallery. Her work was exhibit in museums for contemporary art including Essl (Austria, 2011), EMMA (Finland, 2013), MCV Vojvodina (Serbia, 2015 and 2019), galleries and festivals for video and performance in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
Website: albenabaeva.com
Albena has two MAs: one in Restoration and one Digital Arts from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, where she specialized in art technology from the 12th to the 21st century.
Albena is a co-founder of Runabout project, a platform for new performance instruments, the studio for interactive design Reaktiv and gallery Gallery. Her work was exhibit in museums for contemporary art including Essl (Austria, 2011), EMMA (Finland, 2013), MCV Vojvodina (Serbia, 2015 and 2019), galleries and festivals for video and performance in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
Website: albenabaeva.com