Izabella Retkowska
Izabella Retkowska (b. 1974) is an independent Polish artist who mainly focuses on creative photography, video art and animation. She uses her body as a medium for her multidisciplinary work. Her audiovisual productions go beyond the formal boundaries of traditional audiovisual production, seeking a cinema that takes an aesthetic risk, where new forms for cinema are explored. The sequence of repetitive images of herself creates a hypnotic atmosphere that calls into the flow of emotional introspection. Her works have been shown in numerous festivals and art events worldwide. Last screenings e.g.: VIDEO ART MIDEN 2018, Kalamata, GREECE. FRESH LEGS 2019, 2020, 2021, INSELGALERIE Berlin, GERMANY. IDKF 2020, INTERNATIONALES DIGITALKUNST FESTIVAL, Stuttgart, GERMANY. GANDHARA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Curated Theme ‘Mental Health’, GIFF Thematic 2021. MINK FESTIVAL 2021, A ZOO OF THE PANDEMIC, Magenta, GREECE. VIDEOWORDS the fifth special project by Magmart (Magmart Festival, Salerno, ITALY), SCREENINGS: 2021/05/07-14-21 hARTslane Gallery | London, UK; 2021/06/06-12-13-26-27. cycle of screenings 'Slow moves', Institut für Alles Mögliche/ Stützpunkt Teufelsberg, Berlin, GERMANY; TAM - Torrance Art Museum (California) – At VISIO - European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images | Change in Perspectives | Anatomy of silence (2021/09/-2021/12/04), Civic Center Drive Torrance, CA, USA. 14th FEST ANČA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Stanica Žilina-Záriečie, SLOVAKIA 2021. LITTLE ISLANDS FESTIVAL (LIF) 2021, Sikinos island, GREECE. 6 TIMELINE - 2021, Festival International de Videoarte Belo Horizonte, BRASIL. SCOUT – ARTLAB KETTINGE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2021/22, Galleri Heike Arndt Denmark. FACADE VIDEO FESTIVAL 2021, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. FEX. 2021, Cologne, GERMANY. 9TH EDITION OF THE WATCHOUT! FILM FESTIVAL 2021, Tetovo, R. MACEDONIA.
LIMBO
Limbo. It's that uncomfortable place between where you are now and where you'll be soon. When you allow yourself to enter the mental space of limbo, you effectively put livinging-thing you want and desire on hold. Inability to go back and move forward. No progress, no responsibility. Reluctance to make a decision, better stay in between. Stagnation, waiting. You put life on hold. Floating above reality. Millions of people remain in limbo states for long periods of time. They are in a fog zone.