Vesna Vega,1979 (born Krebs), attended the Faculty of Education and graduated as a professor of art pedagogy under the mentorship of Dušan Zidar, focusing on the concept of appropriating images as an artistic concept. After completing her studies, she furthered her knowledge in the field of new media and video design.
Her creative practice explores the relationship between nature, technology, and humans through an interdisciplinary approach that combines generative art, live visual imagery, interactive art, and sound. Her work includes video design for theatre and dance, spatial installations, live AV performances.
Between 2012 and 2017, she gained experience in London, where she participated in student theatre productions at UAL Central Saint Martins, among other projects. In 2014, she provided video projection for the dance performance “Toy box” at Opéra National de Lorraine. During her time in London, she created several videos for composers and musicians such as Leo Abrahams, Tanja Holt, and Fiona Brice. In late 2014, she staged an interactive video projection for String Quartet nr.4 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. She also collaborated on the set design and video projection for “Cautionary Tales for Daughters” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015. Additionally, she performed with an interdisciplinary performance titled “In Camera” at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) in 2015.
To date, she has designed videos for over 25 domestic and international productions, continuously pushing boundaries and introducing new technologies into theatre. Since 2011, she has been part of the artistic team of director Ivana Djilas and has collaborated with other directors such as Tin Grabnar, Nina Šorak, Janez Pipan, and Primož Ekart.
She works as a video designer, videographer, animator, media artist, mentor and the mother of two.