Katarina Soskic. Photo © Maxime Ballesteros
“I don’t feel like designing things that I don’t believe should exist,” 30 year-old Katarina Šoškic’s replies when asked why she turned to photography from her education as a graphic designer. The Belgrade-born artist came to Vienna five years ago to continue her studies as a graphic designer but has since found herself more behind the camera lens than in front of the computer screen. “I wouldn’t say that I am not a designer but I would always question the situation of when I should design or not. The topic of responsibility is important for me but I don’t think it is necessary to distinguish art and design – they meet.”
Where as photography is a tool for Šoškic to express her thoughts and feelings, design is a tool to shape these idea. “Design for me is the end of a process. When you are sure about the other steps design comes naturally and it should make your work readable in the way you think it should be read.” It seems as though the ongoing battle of “art versus design” doesn’t much engage Šoškic: “they need each other, it’s as simple as that.”
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