Robertina Šebjanič
Robertina Šebjanič is an artist whose work explores the biological, geo-political and cultural realities of aquatic environments and the impact of humanity on other organisms. Her projects call for the development of empathetic strategies aimed at recognising other (non-human) species. In her analysis of the Anthropocene and its theoretical framework, the artist uses the terms “aquatocene” and “aquaforming” to refer to the human impact on aquatic environments.
Her art work Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva generator (artist proof) is since 2019 part of the .NewArt{collection;}_ Electronic Art Collection, Spain. Since 2023 she has been associated prof. at the University of Nova Gorica – School of Arts.
Her works received awards, honorary mentions and nominations at Prix Ars Electronica, Starts Prize, Falling Walls., Re: humanism.
Her previous projects include animal-machine-human relationships and inter-species communication in a series of works Aurelia 1+Hz. In project Aquatocene, she points out underwater noise pollution and its ecological consequences/challenges. Together with Gjino Šutić, they developed a project called aqua_forensic, with which they are illuminating the invisible anthropogenic pharmaceutical chemical pollutants – residues of human consumption water habitats.
She had lectures / talked / presented her works at events/venues (selection): Stanford University (Palo Alto), Ocean Space – TBA21 (Venice), UCLA- ArtiSci Center (Los Angeles), Arte&Ciencia UNAM – The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City), ISEA2023 (Paris), Mare Conference (Amsterdam), Kikk Festival (Namur), ITMO University (St. Petersburg), Aalborg University (Aalborg), University of Nova Gorica – School of Arts – (Nova Gorica), Re:publica (Berlin) a.o.
She exhibited / performed at solo and group exhibitions as well as in galleries and festivals, bienalles, museums around the globe (selection): ZKM (Karlsruhe), Gallery Cukrarna (Ljubljana), Kunstgewerbemuseum (Berlin), UCLA – EDA (Los Angeles) Ars Electronica (Linz), Tribeca Immersive – Mercer lab (New York), Matadero (Madrid), WRO Bienalle (Wroclaw), ISEA2024 (Brisbane), Biennal Ciutat i Ciència at CCCB (Barcelona), KIKK festival (Namur), The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G), Contemporary Art Museum of Istria (Pula), Sea Art Festival (Busan), Watermans Arts Centre (London), Akbank Sanat (istanbul), ,Art Laboratory (Berlin), Eastern Bloc (Montreal), Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Ciudad de Mexico), MSU – Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), MSUB – The Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), MONOM (Berlin), La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), Le Cube (Paris), +MSUM Museum of Contemporary Art (Ljubljana), Eyebeam (New York), Kikk Festival (Namur), CAAM – Atlantic Center of Modern Art (Grand Canaria) CCD – Centro de Cultura Digital (Ciudad de Mexico) re:publica (Berlin), Mladi Levi (Ljubljana), Piksel (Bergen), OSMO/ZA (Ljubljana), Device art 5.015 at Klovičevi dvori (Zagreb), PORTIZMIR#3 (Izmir), etc. (2025)
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