The interdisciplinary artist Moon, doc. mr. art. Martina Zelenika (1978, Croatia), employs an innovative and alchemical approach in the realisation of artworks encompassing sound, video, photography, installation, geomorphic reliefs, performance with sensors, drawings, digital art, augmented reality, generative processing and recently paintings. In addition to drawings, which serve as her primary medium, Martina utilizes sonification of data such as x-ray analysis, biosensors, satellite signals, and drawings. Martina calls for unity by centralising the human experience while questioning existence and freedom in the era of posthumanism through a scientific-philosophical-theological lens. The main feature of Martina’s work is attributed to the fusion of traditional artistic techniques and cutting-edge digital technologies. She is the author of pioneering works in augmented reality technology and sonification of various types of data in Croatia, contributing to both domestic and international multimedia and new media art scenes. Some of her notable projects include: Planet Mar (2003-2005), Tab_letter (2011), New Europe (2017-2019), 6th SENSE and Particles (2018), the performance Receptilium (2018), La Petit Mort (2019), ChORUS (2019) and ChORUS2 (2024) with sonification of the Earth’s magnetosphere.
In addition to twenty solo exhibitions, her works have been exhibited at new media festivals and international exhibitions in Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, South Korea, Belgium, Spain, Germany and the UK. She has also participated in international conferences and symposia dedicated to digital art and science in Denmark, Latvia, Hungary and Croatia. Martina graduated BFA in 2001 from the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb, majoring in printmaking art. In 2006, she obtained her M.F.A. degree in the field of Video-New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana. Currently, Martina works as an Assistant Professor of New Media Arts at the Department of Digital Art of the Algebra Bernays University in Zagreb. She lives and works in Zagreb.