v e r o n i K A T Z E k o v a

Urban Tangram

Operable sculptural version of the original tangram game
Wood, paint, wheels
Overal size 100 x 100 x 40 cm
Include the City Festival, Burgas, Bulgaria
2012

Based on the popular 2D puzzle, the Urban Tangram is already three dimensional, on wheels and exaggerated in size (100x100x40 cm) puzzle to be played outdoors. Silhouettes of the puzzles to be arranged were sprayed as stencils on the ground, so they were available for the players all the time.

The tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline or silhouette) using all seven pieces, which may not overlap.

“Beim Gendern entsteht Urin” (de)

(en: “Gendering produces urine”)

“Beim Gendern entsteht Gin” (de)

(en: “Gendering produces gin”)

(“CDoupbles”)

Visual poems

2025

Intervention in Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria on the occasion of international women's day, 8th of March 2025

click on the photo for more views

My Blog
challengedgames.blogspot.co.at

The CHAlleNGED GAMES blog was conceived with the hope to stimulate divergence thinking and challenge the viewer to rethink one's routines and shift his/her perspective on the status quo.

The blog was initially dedicated to the CHAlleNGED GAMES series and seeks for extended meaning in playing and its relation to aspects of human existence and production.

As with the time I started to experiment with another system - the language, to apply mathematical logic and seek patterns in words, in the last years my publications are mostly about this part of my work.

My Videos
on YouTube
on Vimeo

st.art

Author: Veronika Tzekova
Publish Date: September 27, 2010
Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm, 70 pages
Language: English/Italian

As a manner of artistic creation in many of my recent works I employ existing urban situations, objects, visuals, texts and just add often a small detail, which significantly changes their meaning and/or function.

St.art book includes art works in the period 2004-2010, some still in progress at the time and some as ideas developed during 2010. The selection is made to guide the viewer through an artistic process that lead to the birth of ideas such as Space NRGZers and Dadissuasori.

The book ends with a couple of blank pages, which are to e filled in with sketches and ideas for new works employing the same approach.