Marta Bełkot
I am an interdisciplinary Polish visual artist and researcher (i2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society and VICARTE - Glass, and Ceramics for the Arts). I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland, with an integrated master's degree in printmaking and drawing (diploma in 2016). I have also studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. With a scholarship from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/149042/2019), I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto. As a visual artist, I focus on the practical re-evaluation of original 19th century formulas of prepared surface paper and photographic enamel within the theme of displacement, creating objects, drawings, photographs, films and prints.
Q&A
Artist Statement
| The aims of the work are encapsulated by closely linking technological research based on a review of 19th-century original recipes with an artistic proposal built on the theme of “Displacement”. A strong archaeological approach within: (1) paper, for multiple experiments aimed at reconstructing viable alternatives to traditional techniques for obtaining images, including photographic and non-photographic processes, targeting a theme that is becoming increasingly important: the re-evaluation of methods that rely on local resources and, where possible, organic compounds; (2) enamels, through complex multi-stage tests on copper, based on comparative studies between different brands of enamel, photographic emulsion, time exposure, water bath and several degreasing treatments. The successful collaboration with specialists in the traditional Portuguese photographic enamel method, as well as consulting archives, visiting cemeteries or institutions, gives access to an uncertain heritage of knowledge. |
Media & Contact
Representation
Institution: Marta Bełkot
Contact
Email: bbelkot@gmail.com
References
Facebook: Marta Bełkot
Research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta-Belkot
Photography credit
| Marta Belkot.Diogo Gonçalves, Porto(profile picture).Particia Almeida FBAUP, Porto – photoEnamelProcessFBAUPJoão Lima FBAUP, Porto – preparedSurface paper |
Location
Porto, Portugal
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