Studio 207 · 20 - 23 November, 10:00am–6:00pm
In this project, I use the Amazon website.
I run several JavaScript scripts to play with it, break it, and make it much more beautiful, and much less useful.
Then I use another script to create a poem from the text and the code of the page itself.
A Python server helps me read this poem with an artificial voice.
And all the while, the real sound of an Amazon warehouse is playing.
Lena Plotnikova / visual_punk_ltd
I’m a multidisciplinary artist working with visual art, contemporary photography, video, and live coding. My background is in photo and video art, and I like to describe my practice as visual punk - a mix of glitch aesthetics, improvisation, and anti-systemic energy.
I’m an active member of the live coding communities in Madrid and Barcelona and regularly perform at From Scratch and at Algoraves events. My performances often use errors, noise, and cheap or amateur equipment to reveal the raw side of live creation and evoke “true” emotions.
I hold a B.A. in Photography, where I researched the Semiotics of Amateur Photography, and later studied contemporary art, theory, and new media. I also have a technical background in JavaScript, full-stack Web Development and Data Analysis.
In the past, I co-produced media art festivals and installations that merged technology, sound, and social commentary.
I’ve participated in “Excesos Extrasensoriales” at Matadero Medios Sintientes Openlab#1 (Madrid), InSonora Festival (Madrid), VIU Festival (Barcelona), and ICLC Algopoetica (Madrid). I also give a Hydra workshop for beginners, introducing new artists to live coding and audiovisual improvisation. My work is grounded in anti-capitalist and community-based values. I see art as a tool for questioning systems of power and creating temporary zones of freedom and beauty. Through coding, performance, and collaboration, I try to make the consumerist side of the digital world more chaotic, transparent, and alive.