My residency at the Open Studio in DobraVaga Gallery (Ljubljana, Slovenia) started in December 2020. Normally, the studio is open to the public, and visitors of the gallery have a chance to observe the artists as they work. However, due to the current circumstances, the gallery and the studio space were closed, making the studio space inaccessible. But I decided not to give up the residency and try to show the public that I am somehow still working in this studio. I built a different mindset around the space where I can work, I created a mental studio - a place where everything and nothing is possible at the same time. The shift from physical space to mental space made me think about ways to show this kind of a place and work in progress in a public and so digital space. I started to "work" in the studio without letting the public know that I can not physically access the space. The gallery gave me access to their accounts on social media, so I became primarily a resident of their digital spaces. This allowed me to present the false situations that were supposed to be happening in the studio. I used photos available from previous residents of this space and created digital collages and animations.

As part of the three-month residency, I created and posted stories and, in collaboration with the gallery team, they contributed weekly descriptions of these situations.

More on Instagram under #zaprtiatelje or on DobraVaga profile.