Constructiwoman, 2025
Digital vector/bitmap hybrid artwork and animated video – 594 × 841 mm archival pigment print and vertical (portrait) HD/4K video, approx. 1 min duration
Constructiwoman is a pivotal digital work within the Transmutation Cycle (2023–2025), interrogating issues of construction, identity, and representation through the geometric abstraction of the female figure. The composition presents a symbolically female form in profile, constructed from seven oval shapes. The formal design is deliberately reductive and archetypal: the planar geometry of Cubism merges with the structural logic of Constructivism to build a figure that simultaneously evokes archaic idols and a modernist visual language.
The work transcends a static image, embodying an ongoing formal and conceptual movement. Its fifteen distinct poster-like variants coalesce into an animated series, gaining new meaning in a vertical, portrait-format video. These evolving iterations thematize the instability of the body, identity, and visual representation. The animation functions not merely as a technical medium but as a conceptual field, wherein the figure does not “move” but rather “builds itself” – rearranging, fragmenting, and reorganizing, reflecting the transformations of individuality within digital space.
The technical execution merits special attention. Rooted primarily in vector graphics, the work ensures formal clarity and scalability. Yet, select versions incorporate pixelated noise, which is then re-vectorized, intentionally transgressing the conventional purity of vector art. This technical hybridity – the coexistence of pristine linework and artificial digital “contamination” – bears conceptual weight, symbolizing both technological construction and the digital disruptions of identity.
Constructiwoman constructs not only in form but also on socio-political levels. Its title references both the creative female role and a critique of social constructs, particularly expectations surrounding the female body and identity. While the Transmutation Cycle is characterized by satirical tones and grotesque stylization, here it adopts a quieter, more emblematic expression without losing its radical edge: the reduction of the human figure to a universal icon that simultaneously carries the paradox of uniqueness and alienation.
This work exemplifies how digitality can transcend a mere technical carrier to become a conceptual territory. Constructiwoman projects a vision of the future wherein female identity is not essentialist but modular – not biologically predetermined but culturally and technologically reconstructed.