Nika Batista: Pridem v delih; 1-5

Nika Batista: Pridem v delih; 1-5
3. 12. 2025–15. 1. 2026
Desni atrij ljubljanske Mestne hiše

📌𝐎𝐝𝐩𝐫𝐭𝐣𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐞: 𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚, 𝟑. 𝟏𝟐. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐨𝐛 𝟏𝟖. 𝐮𝐫𝐢
Vodstvo po razstavi: četrtek, 18. 12. 2025, ob 17. uri

Nika Batista v delu Pridem v delih raziskuje trenutke, v katerih čustva iščejo obliko, izraz, način, kako se pokazati svetu zunaj telesa.
Tekstil v njenem delu ni zgolj material, temveč emocionalna membrana: porozna, občutljiva, spremenljiva; membrana med telesom in prostorom, organ poslušanja. Vsaka nit je prevodnik emocionalnega toka, vsaka tekstilna površina nosi sled minljivega stanja.
Umetnica ne ustvarja iz spomina na čustvo, temveč iz trenutka čustvovanja. Njena čustva niso shranjena, ampak živa – v prehajanju in minevanju. Batista jih zapisuje, dokler še trajajo, preden se spremenijo v pomen. Pismo tako postane stanje, tekstil pa njegova vizualna ekstenzija.
V obliki diptihov – med besedo in podobo, prisotnostjo in minljivostjo – se delo razvija kot živi organizem dialoga.
Pridem v delih ni dokončano delo, temveč stanje, ki se ponavlja. Vsak pogled ga prepiše znova, vsak dih razgrne novo perspektivo. Ne obstaja zato, da bi ga razumeli, temveč zato, da bi ga občutili – zdaj, dokler njegova prisotnost še traja.
(Lovro Ivančić)

𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 (r. 1991, Slovenija) je interdisciplinarna umetnica, ki deluje na presečišču tekstila, telesa, performansa in sodobne umetnosti. V središče svojega ustvarjanja postavlja človeško emocionalnost kot materialno dejstvo – nekaj, kar je mogoče vtkati, raztegniti, plastiti.
V svoji praksi je z raziskavo, idejo in izvedbo, prepletenimi v celoto, dosledno razvila razširjeni jezik tekstila kot podaljška telesa, membrane med notranjim in zunanjim svetom.
Proces ustvarjanja se pri Niki Batista vedno začne iz človeške notranjosti: čustvo, misel ali fragment spomina se spremeni v materialno sled, njene misli se izoblikujejo v niti. Tekstil je njen jezik – material, ki ga prepleta, nalaga in združuje z drugimi materiali, telesi, gibi in zgodbami, tistimi, ki so začutene in se plastijo globoko v našem obstoju. Rezultat so instalacije in performansi, ki delujejo živo – minljivo, a intenzivno prisotno; poetično, a natančno – in ki gledalca vabijo, da občuti, ne le opazuje.

Foto: Alenka Krč
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Nika Batista: I Come in Pieces; 1-5
3. 12. 2025–15. 1. 2026
Right Atrium, Ljubljana Town Hall

📌𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟔 𝐩𝐦
Guided tour of the exhibition: Thursday, 18 December 2025, 5 pm

Nika Batista’s I Come in Pieces explores moments when emotions seek form, expression, and a way to reveal themselves to the world beyond the body.
In her work, textile is not merely a design material, but a sensory membrane: porous, sensitive, changeable; a membrane between the body and space, an organ of perception. Each thread serves as a conduit for emotional flow, and each textile surface bears traces of a fleeting state.
In her work, the artist draws not on the memory of an emotion, but on the moment of feeling. Her emotions are alive rather than stored—in transition and passing. Batista records them while they still last, before they turn into meaning. Her letter thus becomes a state, and textile its visual extension.
In the form of diptychs—between word and image, presence and transience—the work develops as a living organism of dialogue.
I Come in Pieces remains an unfinished work, a state that keeps repeating. Every glance rewrites it; every breath unfolds a new perspective. It is not there to be understood, but to be felt—now, while its presence still lasts.
(Lovro Ivančić)

𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 (b. 1991, Slovenia) is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of textiles, the body, performance art, and contemporary art. At the centre of her work is human emotionality as a material fact—something that can be woven, stretched, and layered.
In her practice, through research, ideas, and execution intertwined into a whole, Batista has consistently developed an expanded language of textile as an extension of the body, a membrane between the inner and outer worlds.
For Batista, the creative process always begins from within the human being: with an emotion, a thought, or a fragment of memory transformed into a material trace, the artist’s thoughts taking shape in threads. Textile is her language—a material she intertwines, layers, and combines with other materials, bodies, movements, and stories, those that are felt and settle deep within our existence. This results in installations and performances that feel alive—fleeting yet intensely present; poetic yet precise—inviting the audience to feel, not merely observe.

Photo: Alenka Krč