DRAWING WITH LIGHT
Exhibition of student works created at the scenogram and luminogram workshop led by artist Marta Djourina
March 27th - April 8th 2026
exhibition opening: Friday, March 27th th at 7PM
Artists: Marija Baselli, Ana Bonacin, Petra Crnjac, Anamaria Crnoja, Lora Cukrov, Nika Grdan, Nina Grebenar, Viktorija Ivelja, Jelena Jurčević, Júlia Macáková, Augustina Maslov Vidaković, Ana Matas, Josipa Nedeljko, Đina Radulj, Antonela Šaban, Leonora Ugrin
In a two-day workshop led by visual artist Marta Djourina, the students explored photography without a camera. On the first day, using a flatbed scanner, the students created scanograms, experimenting with layering, movement and digital distortion. On the second day, they created luminograms, camera-free images created by directly exposing photographic paper to sunlight. Working with found materials and transparent foils, the students drew and painted with light.
Marta Djourina (Bulgaria/Germany) explores light as a theme, tool and object of research in her practice. Working with large-format analog photographic paper, she transforms the photo lab into a performative stage, using various natural and artificial light sources — from bioluminescence to flashlights and lasers, and long exposures — to “draw” on the surface of the paper. Merging photographic and painterly gestures, her work balances precision and unpredictability. She redefines photography as a physical act and a trace of movement in time.
The workshop was attended by students from the Fine Arts Department of the Split Academy of Arts (Arts and Visual Arts, Painting, Visual Communication Design, Film and Video).
Organization: Assoc. Prof. Art. Lana Stojićević, Department of Visual Culture and Fine Arts, Art Academy in Split and Culture Hub Croatia/Creative Hub PROSTOR, Split
The activity was co-financed by the European Union through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGenerationEU) as part of the project Contact: Art in the Community - KUZ, IP-UNIST-56 of the Art Academy in Split, the Creative Europe program (Craftwork 4.0 All Culture Hub Croatia project) and the Culture Moves Europe program. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.
The exhibition was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and Media and the City of Split. The work of the Platform "Culture Hub Croatia" is supported by the Kultura nova Foundation and the National Foundation for the Development of Civil Society.
