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What is your favourite film of all time?

“Odyssey 2000”, Stanley Cubrick – deep insight of complexity of humanity, no matter when, universal and timeless;"Russian Ark" by Alexander Sokurov - the most amazing movie filmed in one take taking viewers on the journey through Hermitage, Russian history, the most amazing art and music, life and emotions.but now it is also “In the City of Sylvia” – which is not a film. It is a painting.

What music are you currently listening to and why?

Radiohead, Last Shadow Puppets, Dengue Fever, Hot Chip, Christopher Komeda, Nigel Kennedy. Klazmer, Chopin. Mozart

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

Andeas Gursky, Charles Avery, Gerarhd Richter, Leonid Tishkov, Glen Brown, shall I keep going?

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

Duchamp, Basquit, Picasso, Giotto, Caravaggio, Veronesse, Rembrandt, Van Ghogh, Van Dyck, Breugel brothers, Bosch and more

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

“Moscow Breakthrough” – exhibition of Russian contemporary artists in Bargehouse at the OXO Tower in December 2005. The art of Eastern Europe from people witnessing historical events on everyday basis as well as massive change in the political system….so much dreams had to be changed and there was and stil is so much confusion.During the Communism art was a way of communicating outside the censorship, afterwards there was a need to find not only a new system of communication but new subjects…The poetic melancholy of a Slavic soul stays always the same. The melting pot of witty observations, imaginary worlds and fairy tales was so rich and emotional and beautiful and sublime – it felt like a real art – Hegelian art. “Altermodern” – bravery of Nicolas Bourriaud to attempt to negotiate a definition of emerging paradigm is really amazing. Although not all artists resonated with me, still extraordinary choice of artists.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

“Oh – I didn’t realise that you also do something like that” – referring to either digital or traditional or animated part of my practice. I believe that being versatile makes my life interesting and creative, hence the contast experimentation with media, techniques and form of expression. I believe that in the end of the day medium is only a way of conveying a thought…So – please don’t be surprised that I can do a fairly good website as well as traditional animated film.

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

My Dad – always encouraging creativety and exploration since I was a child. He was a sailor and because of that and the fact that I had a very severe asthma, I was allowed out of the country. Poland was heavily communistic country and they didn’t like when people were going to “stinking west”, because they could stay there, or even worst – come back with weird ideas and corrupt the society! However I had a clever doctor who was always writing letter to government that my life depends on staying close to the sea. So any way – as a little girl I travelled the world with my Dad on the huge cargo ship, always equipped in paper, paints, pencils and some chalk. I ended up hours running around with chalk and covering all those metal machinery with the most bizarre patterns. The whole ship ended up looking like a one big installation…The thing is that when one is stacked in the middle of the ocean for three weeks, one must do something creative not to lose sanity. Besides that my whole family is great bunch of artists , mad scientists and creative beings – very inspiring and talented people.

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

World is my studio – I do art everywhere and I don’t mean that in an arrogant way, it is just everything and everyone around is so interesting and beautiful, even if ugly. In my studio I am a merely translator of what was given to me to observe and absorb.

What do you like most about being an artist?

To look and see beauty in things which are usually not noticed, to make connections between concepts, places and people which wouldn’t be normally made, to be able (or at least trying) to make this world better via showing those overlooked things, To comment on the surrounding and colliding that with beautiful and sublime. The constant attempt to understand how everything around can influence us – all disciplines, all things – tangible and ephemeral and have possibility to express it – this drive to explore and question and Co.convey – although sometimes really annoying and frustrating – I wouldn’t change that in million years.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

To contribute to a positive social change through my art and seeing the results of it.

What are your plans for the coming year?

Preparing to the show in Boston and Istanbul; Working on a number of new interactive participatory installations and keeping drawing "Unrulyscapes" while re-designing configuration of Earth; Trying to keep up with all ideas and concept and pick up few past ones before they disappear; Continuing with my “non-profit” organisation “Hidden Africa”.