GREENPIX PRODUCTION PRESENTS:

Varvara Shavrova
Varvara Shavrova is a visual artist and curator currently based in Beijing. Born and educated in Moscow, Shavrova moved to London in 1989 where she lived and worked for over 15 years, sharing her studio time between Hackney, London and Ballycastle in Co.Mayo. In 2005 Shavrova moved to China, where she now lives and works with her Irish husband and two young children. Shavova's projects include over 20 solo exhibitions in London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Beijing; curatorial visual arts projects in Ireland, UK, Russia and China, and many group exhibitions around the world. Shavrova's recent projects include 'Untouched', a multi-media installation at Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City, presented as part of 'Through the Lens: new media art from Ireland' exhibition at the first festival of Irish culture in Beijing (2008). Shavrova's 'Borders' multi-media project toured to Moscow Museum of Modern Art & Rumiantsev Palace, Museum of History of St.Petersburg, Russia (2007). Shavrova >rreceived a number of international awards and fellowships; her works can be found in a number of important public and private collections, including in the UK, Ireland, Germany, USA, Russia and China.

'Elemental'
Varvara Shavrova's new video commission for GreenPix Media Wall juxtaposes the 'elemental' with the 'urban'. The video imagery combines the four Western and the five Chinese Elements: Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood and Metal. Abstracted patterns and colours glide, shift and merge, creating entrancing visual effects on the giant media wall 'canvas', as if nature is claiming back the urban city environment. By placing the natural imagery into the man made environment, and by overlaying the organic textures and forms with the artificial ones, Shavrova draws our attention to the apparent proximity of nature and the elements to urban situations. Beautiful or mystical, threatening or calming, the 'elemental' side of life is never too far from the urban one.

Jeremy Rotsztain
Jeremy Rotsztain is a Canadian video artist and software developer whose hybrid practice incorporates cinema, painting, computer science, sound design, performance, animation, imaging, and architecture. In his painterly video installations and digital images, Jeremy analyzes mass culture - especially Hollywood cinema - and examines our shared cultural experiences. Using serial approaches (looping) and sampling techniques (cutting and pasting), his work searches for and highlights patterns and tendencies in the design and creation of mainstream culture. By engaging in the sampling and remixing of cultural objects, he explores the nature of digital media while proposing new methods for its consumption. As part of his practice, Jeremy custom-designs and programs software for image manipulation, video editing, and animation. This affords him the ability to find new forms of expression not available when working with commercial tools, which are designed for specific methods of working. Programming software also allows him to find hybrid ways to work with traditionally separate activities. Jeremy is recently completed his Master's degree in art and technology at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University. He has previously taught courses on electronic media performance and installation at InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre and York University (Toronto). He has performed and exhibited his work in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, New York City, and Berlin.




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