tallinna XII graafikatriennaal

jurate stauskaite (lithuania)

1. tell us about your everyday environment,
your hobbies and lifestyle

2. what do you see as the point of your works?

3. tell us your thoughts on the problems printmaking is facing today ? what might they be and where's the solution?

4. do you use computers in your work,
and if so, how do they help you and what do you think of them?

5. what do you think are the best and worst sides of print art?

6. what does printmaking give and mean to you?

7. where did you get the idea from to take part
in the tallinn print triennial?

8. your favourite artists?

i work as a freelance artist in ljubljana, the capital of slovenia. i co-operate with designers and architects and our projects can be seen in both private and public spaces. i do some sports: skiing, tennis and for the last two years karate. i also spend a lot of time with my family and i have 10-year-old son. graphic art is a medium in which i express myself. a few years ago it seemed to me, that printmaking was in crises, but then i looked around and saw that everything was being printed. and that a lot of this things can be art. it's just a question of one's point of view. i find my visual stories in personal history. i'm a kind of collector who likes to gather different images. i use a computer, because it helps me to do things better and save the time. i'm not in love with it, i just use it. usually i take photos or pages from newspapers or magazines and translate them into my visual language. i get two different views from one image and when i put them together, i get a third one, containing two aspects: an objective view, i.e. photography; and an other one, which is more intimate, personal and fragile and which has been made by my hand. i've never been to your country, but during the last few years, i've heard so much about tallinn, estonia and your artists. also, at the opening of the ljubljana biennial i met some nice women who are working on your triennial, so my decision to participate in the tallinn print triennial was easy.


	jurate stauskaite (lithuania) 1. tell us about your everyday environment, your hobbies and lifestyle 2. what do you see as the point of your works? 3. tell us your thoughts on the problems printmaking is facing today ? what might they be and where's the solution? 4. do you use computers in your work, and if so, how do they help you and what do you think of them? 5. what do you think are the best and worst sides of print art? 6. what does printmaking give and mean to you? 7. where did you get the idea from to take part in the tallinn print triennial? 8. your favourite artists? i work as a freelance artist in ljubljana, the capital of slovenia. i co-operate with designers and architects and our projects can be seen in both private and public spaces. i do some sports: skiing, tennis and for the last two years karate. i also spend a lot of time with my family and i have 10-year-old son. graphic art is a medium in which i express myself. a few years ago it seemed to me, that printmaking was in crises, but then i looked around and saw that everything was being printed. and that a lot of this things can be art. it's just a question of one's point of view. i find my visual stories in personal history. i'm a kind of collector who likes to gather different images. i use a computer, because it helps me to do things better and save the time. i'm not in love with it, i just use it. usually i take photos or pages from newspapers or magazines and translate them into my visual language. i get two different views from one image and when i put them together, i get a third one, containing two aspects: an objective view, i.e. photography; and an other one, which is more intimate, personal and fragile and which has been made by my hand. i've never been to your country, but during the last few years, i've heard so much about tallinn, estonia and your artists. also, at the opening of the ljubljana biennial i met some nice women who are working on your triennial, so my decision to participate in the tallinn print triennial was easy.