Jelko Terziev
40x40x10 cm, sound installation, box, mp3 player, speaker, 5 min, looped
With endless whining, a human voice consistently affirms denial of first-person actions.
Jelko Terziev (1974) received his Bachelor's degree in Painting from the National Academy of Art in 2001, studying under Bozhidar Boyadjiev and Andrey Daniel. In 2005, he earned a Master's degree in the New Media class of Peter Kogler at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
In his work as a visual artist, he is interested in liberating objects from the constraints of figurativeness, in order to return them to the pure play of form. In this way, they become part of a more radical objectivity—beyond the objectivity of resemblance. The surprise and confusion experienced by the viewer serve as a means to strip away the mask of likeness and reach the analytical truth of the object.
In his work as a visual artist, he is interested in liberating objects from the constraints of figurativeness, in order to return them to the pure play of form. In this way, they become part of a more radical objectivity—beyond the objectivity of resemblance. The surprise and confusion experienced by the viewer serve as a means to strip away the mask of likeness and reach the analytical truth of the object.