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“In my artistic work, I experiment with the cause and effect of various light phenomena on photosensitive paper, thus approaching the medium of light. It’s a performative movement, in the darkroom of the studio, where the drawing is made with various light sources and captured on the two-dimensional medium of paper (a large-format analog photo paper).”
Marta Djourina’s artistic practice focuses on exploring various light phenomena. Light becomes an object, a tool and an object of investigation. While some works have a biographical component and use self-made pinhole cameras (later sent by mail, attached to a pigeon or made from a suitcase during transit), other works are dedicated to the light of living organisms such as bioluminescent fungi and algae.
The artist also uses historical photographic techniques to capture the concept of touch in an image, using the example of Kirlian photography. She creates large-format unique pieces directly on site in the photo laboratory, where she uses different light sources to transfer several performative movements directly onto the photographic paper, i.e. as a camera-less process. Some of them are self-made mobile light sources that the artist carries in her hand or attached to her body. The photo paper itself translates the light into a more complimentary color, creating a kind of blind drawing or blind painting in dynamic compositions.
![LAGE EGAL [TAKE OFF D13] — LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK 2024 - Franck Miltgen, Marlen Letetzki, Marta Djourina, Tom Früchtl](https://file.web.artbutler.com/wph21/uploads/sites/8/2024/07/24141811/dca9e978-8504-4b44-b8ca-84d28bce901f-768x768.png "LAGE EGAL [TAKE OFF D13] — LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK 2024 - Franck Miltgen, Marlen Letetzki, Marta Djourina, Tom Früchtl")
![LAGE EGAL [RIVOLI] — GIMME SHELTER - Alekos Hofstetter, Janine Eggert, Jofroi Amaral, Johan De Wilde, Klaus Killisch, Marta Djourina, Reinhard Doubrawa, Vincent De Roder](https://file.web.artbutler.com/wph21/uploads/sites/8/2025/02/07155915/c9e71cc7-b04d-4c14-8819-c828c4ef7a1f-768x768.jpg "LAGE EGAL [RIVOLI] — GIMME SHELTER - Alekos Hofstetter, Janine Eggert, Jofroi Amaral, Johan De Wilde, Klaus Killisch, Marta Djourina, Reinhard Doubrawa, Vincent De Roder")
![LAGE EGAL [FOCO BERLIM] @DRAWING ROOM LISBON 2021 - Astrid Köppe, Klaus Killisch, Marta Djourina](https://file.web.artbutler.com/wph21/uploads/sites/8/2023/06/17015414/df8bbc426a514844-768x768.jpg "LAGE EGAL [FOCO BERLIM] @DRAWING ROOM LISBON 2021 - Astrid Köppe, Klaus Killisch, Marta Djourina")
![LAGE EGAL [STAND 5] @ ART ON PAPER, AMSTERDAM - Marta Djourina, Peter Freitag, Ties Ten Bosch](https://file.web.artbutler.com/wph21/uploads/sites/8/2023/06/17015628/b5d9e7f110b84af6-768x768.jpg "LAGE EGAL [STAND 5] @ ART ON PAPER, AMSTERDAM - Marta Djourina, Peter Freitag, Ties Ten Bosch")
![NOT SO A WHITE CUBE #13 — MART [EXTENDED] - Birgit Hölmer, Marta Djourina, Martin Pfahler, Tom Früchtl](https://file.web.artbutler.com/wph21/uploads/sites/8/2023/06/17015417/389857a648044dc2.jpg "NOT SO A WHITE CUBE #13 — MART [EXTENDED] - Birgit Hölmer, Marta Djourina, Martin Pfahler, Tom Früchtl")
