NEWS – Vesta
Welcome to the NEWS section of Verena Vesta. Here I collect current developments from Exil III, notes on new works, studio observations, and system updates related to my projects.
The NEWS provide a concise overview of the ongoing process — complemented by background information on my current works, the shop, and larger working phases within my exile.
All entries are published continuously and form a documentary trace of my practice.
A Pause, Not a Collapse
After weeks of sustained intensity, slowing down becomes maintenance rather than retreat. Rest, stillness, and simple physical work can stabilize what pressure has strained ...
Why My Doors Are Narrow
Why my doors are narrow is not a matter of personality, but of experience. When responsibility has real consequences, boundaries stop being preferences and become structure ...
Saying No as an Act of Care
Saying no is often misunderstood as rejection. In reality, clear boundaries can be an act of care for oneself, for others, and for the spaces we share ...
Morning Notes from Mérida
Before I work, I talk.
Not to explain, but to orient myself.
These conversations are part of my process.
They slow me down enough so that the images can come without force.
Breakfast stretches into two hours, not out of laziness, but out of ...
Not to explain, but to orient myself.
These conversations are part of my process.
They slow me down enough so that the images can come without force.
Breakfast stretches into two hours, not out of laziness, but out of ...
Keeping the Instinct Open
A reflection on instinct as care rather than impulse. Working by delay, interference, and return, allowing meaning to settle instead of being fixed too early ...
Nine Years / Same Work
Nine years after starting hormone therapy, I reflect on continuity rather than change. Same work, different coordinates. Letting images settle before they are touched ...
Working on the Time-Machine
I am building a virtual time-machine — a walkable structure made of rooms, images, sound and time. A work in progress ...
Start of Exile 3 Exhibition in Wolfsberg
Die Bilder tragen Liedstücke in sich. Sie wirken wie Helfer: still, gegenwärtig, verlässlich. Sie gehen nicht fort. Sie sind da — jeden Tag ...
Update on my BMAC-Support Page
Sketchbook drawings from Mérida (Mexico), made during EXILE 3. Daily observations, drawn in motion — in cathedrals, parks, and public spaces ...
Topographic Cathedral — Exil III (now live)
The Exil project is now integrated into the website through a live map. The map documents locations, trajectories, and working contexts of Exil III, the current phase unfolding in Mexico. It serves as a topographic overview of an exhibition-driven painting ...