Art Encounters 2017 Exhibitions:

Aleksandra Stratimirovic (b. 1968) graduated in Applied Arts and Design at the University of Arts in Belgrade and completed her studies in specialized lighting design at Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design and KTH – Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Aleksandra is co-founder of the “Lighting Guerrilla” festival in Ljubljana, founding member of the “Transnational Lighting Detectives”, founder and artistic director of the event “Belgrade of Light” in Serbia.

Temporary or permanent light installations (selection): Northern Lights, iLight Marina Bay / Amsterdam Light Festival / Jardin du Palais Royal, Paris (2017 / 2015 / 2014); Heroes, the primary school Lilla Alby (Stockholm, permanent); Welcome Home, residential neighborhood Årstadal (Stockholm, permanent).

In recent years her artworks have been included in exhibitions at the Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana and various institutions in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Holland, Japan, Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, Romania.

With expansive knowledge and understanding of light and lighting technologies, Aleksandra Stratimirovic is the author of numerous temporary and permanent light art installations for public places, such as hospitals, school campuses, railway stations and residential areas. PASSAGE is a channel that connects imaginary places. It symbolizes openings that create opportunities, directions to follow in in the wish to fulfil our dreams. The artist was inspired by the distinct architectural simplicity of bridge construction, the rhythmical setting of beams and pillars and the varieties of imagined spaces that can appear below a bridge. Literally and figuratively, a bridge connects and disconnects people and places. The passage under the bridge creates an intangible but visible, existing or imaginary path that opens a gateway to the imagination.

Images:

1. Aleksandra Stratimirovic, V.I.P. (2010), permanent light installation, white painted circle, 3 light poles with light fixtures, circle diameter 10 m, commissioned by the Uppsala Municipality, photo credits: Robin Hayes