"Machines, those sentinels of alienation, now stand as silent witnesses to our creative endeavours."
The New Organic
Iskra Velitchkova wants to present humanity the way machines see us, to see if we learn anything about ourselves from their perspective. Her generative code often riffs on man-made objects. Fallopian Visitor (2023), for example, began as a study on lamps. Along the way, organic forms emerged – like a phallic tower rising out of undulating curves. Iskra asked “what does eroticism signify within an artwork generated by code? Should it, or indeed, must it, be subject to the same scrutiny as human expressions of sensuality?” These questions point us back to ourselves, and the meanings we impose on...
Bio
Iskra Velitchkova currently lives and works in Madrid, Spain.
Photography
Iskra is an avid analogue photographer. She captures scenes from everyday life and makes short films of her travels. She also created self-portraits while working on Fallopian Visitor (2023) in her studio. The resulting photographs were sold as NFTs in conjunction with the wider project.
Collaboration
Iskra worked with fellow generative artist Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez on the installation PAL (2022). It consisted of a VHS video of generated images played on loop on an analogue television. A magnet placed next to the screen slowly corrupted the video over time.
