The perception of landscape and sense of place or location has, in the last decade, undergone many changes.

It is now possible to visit the Mongolian village, to look at its terrain, its panoramas and communicate with local people in real time while being on a train from Lyon to London. It is now possible to browse others people snapshots of places and explore the world through their eyes. Platforms such as Google Earth, Flickr, Facebook or instant communication messaging systems altered our global awareness – boundaries between geographical, personal and temporal zones are blurred.

Three different spaces, two exhibitions and one artist . . .

Combining traditional forms and computational media, London based artist Kasia Molga attempts to address some of these issues by using art to metaphorically and literally engage viewers in a dialogue with hyperlinked landscapes. Using a newly conceptualized public library space – the Idea Stores of Tower Hamlets borough in London – she exhibits both a selection of web linked landscapes using traditional materials and exhibits a digital interactive installation, “Mirror of Infinity 3.0” which can be viewed and experienced in two places at the same time and participate in collaborative “online” creation

PEREGRINATIONS

Idea Store White Chapel
dates: 05/03-19/03 2010

MIRROR OF INFINITY 3.0

Idea Store Canary Wharf
Idea Store Chrisp Street

dates: 12/03-19/03 2010

There is a solo show of some of old and new sketches created for yet to be finished “serious” series of paintings and drawings in the 4M Gallery at 101 Southwark Street. “Serendipitous Pieces” and “Peregrinations” will be exhibited there till 20th of December. All artworks are for sale for profit going to “Hidden Africa” non-profit organization.

Mobilefest 09 has finished and “Floresta” will now go through the next stage of a development. There are some pictures from the exhibition in the Museum of Sound and Vision.

Courtesy of Arts Council of England, Screama Ltd, Idea Stores from Tower Hamlets, there are two events to be happening in February 2010. For a first time one of the old interactive installation will be shown in a very public environment of Canary Wharf in two different places. The new updated better version of the “Mirror of Infinity” will be there for at least two weeks. Prior to that there will be a show of sketches and prints created before making this installation. It will aim to demonstrate a bridge between the traditional and digital practice. All artworks will be available to purchase on the site as well as online (coming soon).

The big solo show of drawings and paintings is planned for March 2010 in The Gambia. All details will be available at the beginning of the new year.

“Floresta 1.0” will be exhibited from 12.11.09 till 16.11.09 at Museum of Image and Sound at Av. Europa in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The Private View is held on the 11th of November at 17.00.

“Floresta 1.0” is a new interactive digital art installation attempting to depict and express concepts of collective responsibility, presence and collaboration.

“Floresta” becomes a meeting point for members of communities, who together are united in the experience of keeping this garden “alive” by interacting with it via their mobile phones. The content of text messages sent by viewers can inspire and teach, so that not only they contribute with new plants to a garden, but also to a pool of knowledge.

The artwork wouldn’t happen without the generous and creative help of a team of programmers and designers: Davor Delija, Turlif and Pawel Borkowski.

“Floresta 1.0” is a first version from the “Floresta” series which will conclude with a major event held simultaneously in UK and Brazil.

I am invited to show my latest art installation “Floresta 1.0″, especially developed for the Mobilefest Festival in Sao Paulo, from 11th of November. Aside the installation, thanks to assistance from the British Council, I am able to take up the invitation to go travel there personally to present some of my work and research.

The presentation will be given on the 27th of October, at the Kingston University in the Penrhyn Road campus between 4 – 6 p.m.