Karina Smigla-Bobinski

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]

Karina Smigla-Bobinski
Born1967
Szczecin, Poland
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts Cracow
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forInteractive installations, kinetic sculptures, post-digital art, video stages
MovementIntermedia artist
Websitesmigla-bobinski.com

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
  • "OVERS!ZE - The Mega Art & Installations“. Victionary (May 2013), 216 pages, ISBN 978-988-19439-8-9.
  • "highlike book“, FILE and SESI (October 2014), 584 pages ISBN 978-85-8205-297-6.
  • "T.R.I.B.E. – Exercises in Transitory Art (MoTA Editions # 2)", MoTA (March 2014)
  • "Tanz Magazine“ - Der Theaterverlag – Friedrich Berlin GmbH (Januar 2016) "ADA"..
  • "Baumgartens Erfindung der Ästehtik“, Ursula Franke, Reihe „KunstPhilosophie“, Mentis Verlag (2018) ISBN 978-3-95743-103-5.
  • "New Media Installation: Technology in Art", Gingko Press (2018) ISBN 158423718X ISBN 9781584237181.
  • "The New York Times“ (Januar 2019) "Pittsburgh Report: Five Places for Healing Through Art"..

Exhibitions

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

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References
  1. "Karina Smilla-Bobinski". FILE: Electronic Language International Festival. FILE. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. "Karina Smigla-Bobinski – "I am talking about a complex world."". www.porta-polonica.de. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  3. "FORSCHUNG im Medium des bewegten Bildes - mit Karina Smigla-Bobinski und Eberhard Ortland (ZiF, Uni Bielefeld)". Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. "100% EXPO : Karina Smigla-Bobinski". Grande Halle La Villette. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. "ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski". Nottingham Castle Museum and Ar Gallery. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. Leclerc, Yves. "Être et faire ensemble". Le Journal de Quebec. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. "ADA Kinetic Sculpture at The Lowry". URDESIGN. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  8. Baldegg, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von. "Analogue Is the New Digital in 'ADA,' and Interactive Installation". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  9. "Artist's charcoal-studded helium balloon creates mysterious wall drawings (Wired UK)". 2012-01-19. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  10. "Simulacra by Karina Smigla-Bobinski, the elusive ghostly video". Neural.it. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  11. Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, Kasia (August 22, 2011). "Analogue Is the New Digital in 'ADA,' and Interactive Installation". The Atlantic. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  12. Solon, Olivia (July 27, 2011). "Artist's charcoal-studded helium balloon creates mysterious wall drawings". WIRED UK. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  13. Leclerc, Yves (January 11, 2017). "Être et faire ensemble". Le Journal de Quebec. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  14. Fowler, A.C. (March 15, 2016). "This is the world's coolest crayon". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  15. Griffin, Kevin (June 19, 2015). "Balloons become more than lightweights at the New Media Centre". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  16. "Karina Smigla-Bobinski". ADA. Archive of Digital Art (formerly Database of Virtual Art). Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  17. "Künstlergespräch mit Karina Smigla-Bobinski". ZiF Zentrum fur Interdisziplinäre Forschung. Bielefeld University. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  18. Brink, Nick. "morning star kinetic sculpture by Karina Smigla-Bobinski". DesignBoom. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  19. "SIMULACRA Interactive New Media Installation". CURRENTS Festival of New Media. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  20. "German Missions in the United States - Karina Smigla-Bobinski". www.germany.info. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  21. Debatty, Régine (2011-07-21). "ADA – analog interactive installation". We Make Money Not Art. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  22. "File São Paulo Exhibition Catalog". File. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  23. "Introducing Karina Smigla-Bobinski". www.fact.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  24. "Karina Smigla-Bobinski - ADA". www.fact.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  25. varios, EDICIONES EL PAIS, S.L.,Roberta Bosco y Stefano Caldana. "Robots y hombres electrónicos". El arte en la edad del silicio. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  26. Lynn, Hannah (26 September 2018). "Mattress Factory opens new Artist in Residence series". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  27. "Exhitibion: ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski at Mois Multi Festival - Goethe-Institut Kanada". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  28. "Karina Smigla-Bobinski". MoTA. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  29. "T.R.I.B.E. – Exercises in Transitory Art (MoTA Editions # 2)". MoTA. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  30. Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw; Sylvia Kind; Laurie L. M. Kocher (19 August 2016). Encounters With Materials in Early Childhood Education. Taylor & Francis. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-317-58857-3.
  31. "ADA by Karina Smigla-Bobinski | Nottingham Castle". www.nottinghamcastle.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  32. "SIMULACRA". WRO 2015 TEST EXPOSURE. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  33. "2012 ZERO1 Biennial". 2012.zero1biennial.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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