P.K: How do you manage inconsistency in your studio practice? We are thinking about things that may interrupt the flow of creating…
N.V: Normally I‘m working quite disciplined. I start everyday at the very same time and end at the same time as well in the evening. It gives me stability and holds my balance. Sometimes I make some notes/list or some kind of plans on what I‘m going to do today. But I also have some small rituals when I come to my studio - I make coffee and read some social media. With time it started capture more and more of my attention, so I started to control and reduce this behaviour.
P.K: How much does the visual noise of the internet age shape what you do?
N.V: We live in an information explosion age, now more than ever, mobile behaviour is evolving content to be visual-first. We‘ve got used to get visual information, which affects almost all sensory and cognitive functions of our body. I think it influences my work in a passive way even more as I expected.
P.K: If you could unlearn something, what would it be?
If you mean my art practice, than, I would leave everything as it is.
P.K: Which do you prefer; pure/distilled/straightforward messaging or subversive/multilayered/interpretive meaning?
N.V: Both. I prefer when the artwork looks simple, but has a multilayered meaning of encrypted information, which could be explored one layer after another.
P.K: Do artists need to be separated from their work, does it confuse the reading of and the relationship with the artwork?
N.V: It depends on what kind of art it is. I noticed that artists are going to be more and more presented and associated as „one peace“ with his work. It seems, that this is one of the consequences of the social media. Art is one of self-expressions, so it‘s an integral part of the artist and it's hard to mix it up. But on the other hand, sometimes it is better not to know the artist, because the work of art should be read and understood separately from the artist.
