Online Residency 2023

 

Bio

Lina Tonev is an artist working in the field of visual and digital arts. She graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Systems and Technologies at the Technical University of Sofia. In her projects, she interweaves her engineering knowledge, art and man.

Lina teaches the disciplines “Introduction to programming for artists” and “Interactive animation” in the Master’s program “Digital Arts” at the National Academy of Arts – Sofia. She also leads programming courses and art workshops for kids.

In 2021 Lina was awarded 1st Place of the DIY Photobook competition organized by Photosynthesis and Europapir, Bulgaria. Recently, her projects were selected in the Athens Digital Arts Festival 2023 and the Athens Photo Festival 2022.

 

Artist Statement

My work is an exploration of the relationship between human and technology, their interaction and how they influence each other. To build a different expressive form I use hand assembled models, photography and computer programming languages. My art is intended to provoke thought and emotion of questions: “Are we gradually becoming a new type of person – Homo technicus?”; “How much are we Homo and how much are we Technicus?”; “What type of Homo technicus are we?”; “Who do we “work for” when we are online?”; “How much time do we spend on people and how much on technology?”.

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