syllaBLEndings
different media, blog publication (challengedgames.blogspot.co.at)
2017 - ongoing

In 2017 I started another series within this concept - the syllaBlEndings. syllaBlEndings are short verses fusing two (rarely more) words, positioned on three rows, as the last syllable of the first word is the first syllable of the second word and usually is positioned on the middle row. The two words in the syllaBLEndings share, have in common, belong together, are connected, mix, blend, meet, overlap, clash, penetrate each other, are Siamese twins, one is developing/growing into the other, the ending of the one is the beginning of the other, exist in symbiosis, compliment each other. A syllaBLEnding is a process. Often, the syllaBLEndings can be seen as a "the chicken or the egg" causality dilemma (what came first?), where the events represent reciprocally cause and effect.

Since May 2018, selected verses from the syllaBLEndings series are exhibited on light boxes in several public spaces in Graz, Austria. The verses are exchanged twice a month. To this moment seven light boxes at five locations are hosting the syllaBLEndings:

Stadtbibliothek Zanklhof

Leselounge

Kernstockgasse 2

8020 Graz

Mo, Mi, Do: 10 - 17Uhr

Di: 10 - 19 Uhr

Fr: 8 - 15 Uhr

Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek

Entlehnungsbereich

Kalchberggasse 2

8010 Graz

Mo - Fr: 9 - 17 Uhr

Sommer- und Weihnachtsferien:

Mo - Fr: 9 - 13 Uhr

Kulturvermittlung Steiermark

Kunstpädagogisches Institut Graz

Wielandgasse 9/I

A-8010 Graz

Mo-Do 9:00-15:00 Uhr

Fr 9:00-13:00 Uhr

Cafe Stockwerk

Treppenfenster

Jakominiplatz 18

8010 Graz

Mo - Sa: 18 - 01 Uhr

So: 18 - 24 Uhr

Cafe König

Sackstraße 14

A-8010 Graz

Mo - Fr: 7:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Sa: 7:00 - 18:30 Uhr

After each change of the verses on the light boxes, photos are posted on my Facebook profile, in the eponymous album on Facebook, and on my blog under the label syllaBLEndings. During the years flyers with syllaBLEndings verses were produced and distributed in Graz.

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.

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.