Ana Prvački

Returning by popular demand, Apis Gropius (2022) is an augmented reality experience by Ana Prvački. Inspired by the history of the building and the botanical motifs embedded in the Gropius Bau’s architecture, the artist presents a new species of bees, Apis Gropius, which takes visitors on an immersive tour through the atrium. The site-specific work is the result of Prvački’s profound engagement with the exhibition hall as the Gropius Bau’s first Digital Artist in Residence 2021/22.

Ana Prvački shares her research for Apis Gropius, the digital bee swarm that resides in the Gropius Bau’s atrium, from analogue to digital, watercolour to Augmented Reality (AR).

Ana Prvački’s work ranges from watercolour to video, per-formance to mixed reality. She has presented solo projects at numerous international venues including Gropius Bau, Berlin; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin; the Los Angeles Philharmonic and group exhibitions such as 13th Gwangju Biennial, the Bangkok Arts Biennale in 2020, 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, 14th Istanbul Biennial and Documenta 13.