Urtica
Urtica, an art and media research group, specialises in the development of transdisciplinary projects that merge art, media, social science, and education. The group was founded in 1999 by Violeta Vojvodić and Eduard Balaž. In their work they combine traditional artistic disciplines and ICT. Urtica’s production ranges from Internet based artworks and media actions to art objects and installations. Special focus is put on educational projects such as workshops and web applications.
Urtica was awarded the UNESCO Digital Arts Award at IAMAS Japan in 2003, and participated at numerous international festivals and exhibitions such as Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), FILE (Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Ogaki Biennial 2004 (IAMAS, Ogaki, Japan), Hilchot Shchenim The Israeli Center for Digital Art (Holon, Israel), “Moirés” at Kunstraum der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany), among others. Selected solo exhibitions: “Value Quest—Art of Fortune & Economy of Risk”, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary art Belgrade, Serbia (2010).
Violeta Vojvodić-Balaž and Eduard Balaž are living and working in Belgrade, Serbia.