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“When Spacing Matters”

The CDoupbles from the series “When Spacing Matters” are a special type. These are words that consist of two or more other words, which are not root words. In other words, they might appear to be compound words—but they’re not.

A simple example: season contains sea and son, neither of which has any etymological connection to season. It’s a coincidence, not a construction.

It’s like the word is interrupted by taking a deep breath at the wrong moment—and suddenly, everything shifts and the mental journey begins.

For the series “When Spacing Matters”, I’ve spent the past several years collecting vintage, retro, and antique frames—often in pairs or groups that stylistically complement each other. These frames divide the word to present the unexpected drama unfolding within it, and through their visual harmony, they reunite the word, allowing it to remain as the backdrop of this drama.

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“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

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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.

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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.