Artist
Sári Zagyvai
In the past few years Sári Zagyvai has been exploring the transitions and patterns between the existing physical world and the computer-based virtual reality. Zagyvai’s series, Produced Nature and Imaginary Excursion contain digitally manipulated images that act as reminiscences of our everyday explorations on the web. Besides evoking and questioning the heavy tradition of still-life and landscape representation in art, her photographs of imaginary nature primarily roots in a contemporary social phenomenon, stretching the boundaries between different media and exploring their permeability by using the infinite stock of photos within reach of all.
Sketches of an excursion
My latest series explores issues of digital visual culture through the presentation of popular tourist landscapes. The works explore the relationship between the objective landscape and the subjective, personal image-making process, whereby found footage is objectified into reinterpreted reality through the processing of dream-like visions and transformations. The known world becomes an abstract creative language through the artist’s varied intervention techniques. Analog and digital layers are integrated into my new works – and the resulting montages evoke fictional worlds. My series is linked to a pivotal event, an important life situation. The act of creation stems from personal experience, yet I attempted to tackle and visually represent social issues, and dilemmas.