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Alnik: /* where i am (not) */

2024-06-24T14:01:51Z

where i am (not)

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	For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew exactly above Sofia, just passed by above my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.		For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew exactly above Sofia, just passed by above my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.

	▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]		▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]<br>
			▶▶ [https://alnik.me/shop/-where-i-am-not-digital-artwork collect it on my webshop]<br>

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===

Alnik: /* where i am (not) */

2024-06-24T13:48:54Z

where i am (not)

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	[[File:Where i am (not).jpg\|thumb\|wip of "Where I am (not)" // digital artwork 4000x4000px]]		[[File:Where i am (not).jpg\|thumb\|wip of "Where I am (not)" // digital artwork 4000x4000px]]

	For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew above Sofia, just passed by above my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.		For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew exactly above Sofia, just passed by above my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.

	▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]		▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]

Alnik: /* where i am (not) */

2024-06-24T13:48:37Z

where i am (not)

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	[[File:Where i am (not).jpg\|thumb\|wip of "Where I am (not)" // digital artwork 4000x4000px]]		[[File:Where i am (not).jpg\|thumb\|wip of "Where I am (not)" // digital artwork 4000x4000px]]

	For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew above Sofia, just passed by my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.		For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew above Sofia, just passed by above my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.

	▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]		▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===

Alnik: /* _works */

2024-06-24T13:46:12Z

_works

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	== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _works</span>==		== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _works</span>==

			=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">where i am (not) </span> ===

			[[File:Where i am (not).jpg\|thumb\|wip of "Where I am (not)" // digital artwork 4000x4000px]]

			For my trip from the Netherlands to Cyprus, I took a Transavia direct flight. We flew above Sofia, just passed by my home city. I was looking at it for some minutes and was thinking of all of my family and friends who are there right at that moment. But I couldn't see them, I couldn't see anything that was happening there. Was anything happening there at all if I am not there to see it? Of course. I imagined my places around Europe as timelines of events, lives, things that were happening all the time. But for me, things only happen, they only have colour while I am there. All the other time is passive for me, invisible, grey. I felt the need to illustrate that. This is how this "map" was born. Map of missed and caught timelines, moments and colours.

			▶▶ [https://alnik.me/where-i-am-not see the work here]

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">people in (my) life </span> ===

Alnik: /* body glitches */

2024-02-26T13:26:47Z

body glitches

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	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">body glitches </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">body glitches </span> ===
	[[File:Body glitches.jpg\|thumb\|<body glitches/> // digital art // 2024]]		[[File:Body glitches.jpg\|thumb\|<body glitches/> // digital art // 2024]]
	Between November 2023 and January 2024, I had a series of spasms in the area of the heart/stomach which happened usually while I was walking on the street. Those deeply disturbing symptoms were so regular, that did not allow me to walk much, not to mention do any kind of sports. After visiting several doctors, doing many medical checks, no doctor could have ~~located~~ the reason for those spasms~~, nor found the reason for them~~. Thus, I had to deal with them on my own and find my own way to heal ~~them~~. After experimenting and self-researching, I figured it was something connected to my gullet and stomach, hence my GERD illness (gastroesophageal reflux disease).		Between November 2023 and January 2024, I had a series of spasms in the area of the heart/stomach which happened usually while I was walking on the street. Those deeply disturbing symptoms were so regular, that did not allow me to walk much, not to mention do any kind of sports. After visiting several doctors, doing many medical checks, no doctor could have found the reason for those spasms. Thus, I had to deal with them on my own and find my own way to heal. After experimenting and self-researching, I figured it was something connected to my gullet and stomach, hence my GERD illness (gastroesophageal reflux disease).

	Reflecting on that experience, frustrated for not being able to understand what exactly caused them and why they stopped, I see them now as glitches. I was trying out different ways to visualise them, to explain them - to myself, to the doctors. But no illustration felt right until I saw them as bugs, as errors, as malfunctions, as tired code, of glitches, when the body's system is blocked somewhere and the balance is disturbed. The digital artwork is the result of my experiment of mapping those spasms [see right].		Reflecting on that experience, frustrated for not being able to understand what exactly caused them and why they stopped, I see them now as glitches. I was trying out different ways to visualise them, to explain them - to myself, to the doctors. But no illustration felt right until I saw them as bugs, as errors, as malfunctions, as tired code, as glitches, when the body's system is blocked somewhere and the balance is disturbed. The digital artwork is the result of my experiment of mapping those spasms [see right].

	// digital art // 2024		// digital art // 2024

Alnik: /* people in (my) life */

2024-02-25T22:09:21Z

people in (my) life

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	[[File:People in (my) life.jpg\|thumb\|people in (my) life // 30x30 cm // acrylic on canvas // 2024]]		[[File:People in (my) life.jpg\|thumb\|people in (my) life // 30x30 cm // acrylic on canvas // 2024]]


	This mapping experiment approaches people's lives as lines. Whilst the centre line (in neon green) is the protagonist's lifeline, the blue ones are the people who enter and exit one's life in different moments. In the first sketch, I tried mapping entrance and exit of people only without any overlapping. However, when I started drawing the canvas, I felt that even in this simplified version, people's interactions are usually entangled at some point. Thus, here we can see people who meet in different periods of their lives, people being born later, people who die, etc.		This mapping experiment approaches people's lives as lines. Whilst the centre line (in neon green) is the protagonist's lifeline, the blue ones are the people who enter and exit one's life in different moments. In the first sketch, I tried mapping entrance and exit of people only without any overlapping. However, when I started drawing the canvas, I felt that even in this simplified version, people's interactions are usually entangled at some point. Thus, here we can see people who meet in different periods of their lives, people being born later, people who die, etc.

Alnik: /* people in (my) life */

2024-02-25T22:09:11Z

people in (my) life

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	This mapping experiment approaches people's lives as lines. Whilst the centre line (in neon green) is the protagonist's lifeline, the blue ones are the people who enter and exit one's life in different moments. In the first sketch, I tried mapping entrance and exit of people only without any overlapping. However, when I started drawing the canvas, I felt that even in this simplified version, people's interactions are usually entangled at some point. Thus, here we can see people who meet in different periods of their lives, people being born later, people who die, etc.		This mapping experiment approaches people's lives as lines. Whilst the centre line (in neon green) is the protagonist's lifeline, the blue ones are the people who enter and exit one's life in different moments. In the first sketch, I tried mapping entrance and exit of people only without any overlapping. However, when I started drawing the canvas, I felt that even in this simplified version, people's interactions are usually entangled at some point. Thus, here we can see people who meet in different periods of their lives, people being born later, people who die, etc.

	This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).		// This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">breathe [pranayama] </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">breathe [pranayama] </span> ===

Alnik: /* breathe [pranayama] */

2024-02-25T22:08:55Z

breathe [pranayama]

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	Another mapping experiment while reading about breathing in yoga. The concept of prana and the places where there is more of it (such as shores, waterfalls, forests) and less of it if any (closed rooms, cities) reminded me of the notion of fresh air. And its invisibility - the energy that you get from clean places is invisible, but when it gets inside your body, it brings freshness and stamina. This is what this little experiment illustrates.		Another mapping experiment while reading about breathing in yoga. The concept of prana and the places where there is more of it (such as shores, waterfalls, forests) and less of it if any (closed rooms, cities) reminded me of the notion of fresh air. And its invisibility - the energy that you get from clean places is invisible, but when it gets inside your body, it brings freshness and stamina. This is what this little experiment illustrates.

	This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).		// This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">body glitches </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">body glitches </span> ===

Alnik: /* mapping spasms */

2024-02-25T22:06:58Z

mapping spasms

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	This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).		This work is available for purchasing, current location: Nicosia (CY).

	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">~~mapping spasms~~ </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">body glitches </span> ===
	[[File:Body glitches.jpg\|thumb\|<body glitches/> // digital art // 2024]]		[[File:Body glitches.jpg\|thumb\|<body glitches/> // digital art // 2024]]
	Between November 2023 and January 2024, I had a series of spasms in the area of the heart/stomach which happened usually while I was walking on the street. Those deeply disturbing symptoms were so regular, that did not allow me to walk much, not to mention do any kind of sports. After visiting several doctors, doing many medical checks, no doctor could have located the reason for those spasms, nor found the reason for them. Thus, I had to deal with them on my own and find my own way to heal them. After experimenting and self-researching, I figured it was something connected to my gullet and stomach, hence my GERD illness (gastroesophageal reflux disease).		Between November 2023 and January 2024, I had a series of spasms in the area of the heart/stomach which happened usually while I was walking on the street. Those deeply disturbing symptoms were so regular, that did not allow me to walk much, not to mention do any kind of sports. After visiting several doctors, doing many medical checks, no doctor could have located the reason for those spasms, nor found the reason for them. Thus, I had to deal with them on my own and find my own way to heal them. After experimenting and self-researching, I figured it was something connected to my gullet and stomach, hence my GERD illness (gastroesophageal reflux disease).

Alnik: /* mapping spasms */

2024-02-25T22:05:50Z

mapping spasms

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	=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">mapping spasms </span> ===		=== <span style="color: black; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;">mapping spasms </span> ===
			[[File:Body glitches.jpg\|thumb\|<body glitches/> // digital art // 2024]]
			Between November 2023 and January 2024, I had a series of spasms in the area of the heart/stomach which happened usually while I was walking on the street. Those deeply disturbing symptoms were so regular, that did not allow me to walk much, not to mention do any kind of sports. After visiting several doctors, doing many medical checks, no doctor could have located the reason for those spasms, nor found the reason for them. Thus, I had to deal with them on my own and find my own way to heal them. After experimenting and self-researching, I figured it was something connected to my gullet and stomach, hence my GERD illness (gastroesophageal reflux disease).

			Reflecting on that experience, frustrated for not being able to understand what exactly caused them and why they stopped, I see them now as glitches. I was trying out different ways to visualise them, to explain them - to myself, to the doctors. But no illustration felt right until I saw them as bugs, as errors, as malfunctions, as tired code, of glitches, when the body's system is blocked somewhere and the balance is disturbed. The digital artwork is the result of my experiment of mapping those spasms [see right].

			// digital art // 2024

	== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _references & inspirations</span>==		== <span style="color: white; font-family: Menlo; text-decoration:none; background-color: #0033ff; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;"> _references & inspirations</span>==