It’s a want of care. Want of respect. Want to not dismiss but discuss. Want of thinking about it. Longing. Questioning. Want of making a conscious decision that came from a being of constant flow. However small or impactful it might be. An intuitive one. It carries consequences. Want of visualisation, conveying without explaining. Want of creating a space, the non-physical one. Want to be considerate, compassionate, and be a human being. Of feeling and remembering. Ephemeral. Reminiscing upon a reminder. A flaw that is viewed as a characteristic. A detail that is perceived as truth. A process that is understood as a whole. Want to adore and admire, and not temporarily fulfil it meaninglessly.

Elements that go into my work, whatever they might be, come from my being.

Nika Batista (b. 1991, Slovenia) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice operates at the intersection of performance, textile materiality, somatic exploration, and contemporary design. Batista investigates the tensions between internal emotional landscapes and their external visual manifestations.

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