Works and Exhibitions

DESERTIFICATION

A dialogue project by Tatyana Zambrano and Beate Baumgärtner:
Their dialogue aims to examine the phenomenon of “desertification” from ecological, economic and social-psychological perspectives in computer games and in digital communication such as chat rooms.
1. Moving image, videos by Tatyana Zambrano:
The aesthetics of Tatyana’s videos with desert images (albeit hyper-realistic) from computer games are related to the aesthetics of Traderpiggy’s chat book. This is achieved through pixelation and the concept of low-poly art.
Her captions are artistic, humorous and associative with quotes from Traderpiggy’s chat book.
2. Still image , plots and objects by Beate Baumgärtner
The new, often brutalizing forms of communication in digital interaction reveal our zeitgeist and are caused by a variety of factors, such as the overuse of the Internet and social media such as chat rooms; as a result of increasing isolation, political uncertainty, fears of climate change and the economic situation. The humor in their work connects both artists.

WHO THE F**K IS TRADERPIGGY?

Solo exhibition at the GEDOK Gallery in Stuttgart.
Slideshow with 200 memes, installation “Traderpiggys Avenue” (mixed media), PVC plots and objects from the large collection of the Traderpiggys Chatbook series.

HELLO MAX! I WISH I HAD MORE LIGHTBULB MOMENTS

This work is a series consisting of 100 sheets and is part of the SPAC series.
The title is a greeting to the minimal artist Max Cole.
(Photo: Jürgen Bubeck Location: KUNSTBEZIRK Suttgart,”Interesting Times” – Graphics in Times of Crisis
*GOOGLE: … the expression lightbulb moment denotes a moment of sudden realisation, enlightenment or inspiration.