Anika Vajagic (Born in Toronto and raised in London) is a multimedia artist specialising in filmmaking, photography and graphic design. A recent graduate of King’s College London’s Film Studies BA, her work is based in London (UK) and Belgrade (SRB). She finds excitement in discovering new mediums and seeing what she can create with them, alongside further developing her knowledge of camera work and digital softwares.

Anika Vajagic is a visual artist specialising in photography, cinematography, and graphic design. Born in Toronto (CA) and raised in London (UK), she currently lives between London and Belgrade. She finished her undergraduate Film Studies degree at King’s College London’s in 2022. Anika’s excitement lies in discovering new medias and technologies and seeing what she can create with them. Her work strives to observe moments with meaning, documenting how others coexist with each other within the world and the beauty and comfort that come from shared experiences.

Anika works on projects that test her knowledge of different formats, from experimentation with analog film cameras to working on film sets in London with friends, as well as graphic design projects for KC Grad.

———

Anika will present three works that span across various multimedia formats — digital collage, poetry, and film.

“Jigsaw of Belonging”

A puzzle-like collage of items collected from various places and people, this work visualises the theme of belonging as a puzzle, where small pieces of homes and communities travel with me as a repository of shared experiences.

“Bear Paws”

A short poem exposing the emotions of belonging to different countries and moving from a young age. It details the anxieties and pain of understanding your identity when ‘home’ does not feel like a concrete place that can be returned to.

“#girlsfantasising”

A micro-short film juxtaposing a family road trip from Belgrade to Pozarevac with a horoscope reading between friends in London. The film represents the binaries between belonging to 2 places and navigating how to inhabit both social spaces while never being fully present in both. The visuals of the comfort of family parallel the voices of found families, and the incessant feeling of being ‘homesick’ while in both homes.