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Michaela Lakova

Bulgaria / NetherlandsArtists

Biography

Michaela Lakova (b. 1987) is a Bulgarian visual artist and researcher based between Rotterdam and Sofia. In her work she explores digital traces, the notion of erasure and memory and how they impact our perception of ownership. Through her works she challenges the slippery nature of digital memory over the immateriality of human memory. Her practice includes a diverse range of media: video, prints, found objects, web/screen based and installations.

Archive records · BUNA vol.3 / 2025

Voices Amplified, 2025 Audiovisual installation

Artists
Curator / Team
with Gerson Krönstadt

Voices Amplified draws parallels between prominent political activists and leaders, by using excerpts of political speeches of Thomas Sankara — an influential revolutionary figure from Burkina Faso and Helmin Wiels — political leader from Curaçao. Both of them launched an unprecedented series of social, ecological, and economic reforms in their own countries, and were tragically assassinated.