Publications – Varvara & Mar

Artist Books

A curated selection of artist books created by Varvara & Mar. These publications are produced in limited editions.

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Portrait Fever

Varvara & Mar (2024)

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Dream Printer

Varvara & Mar (2023)

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ENA

Varvara & Mar (2021)

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Wifipidia Buenos Aires

Varvara & Mar (2019)

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Wifipidia Tallinn

Varvara & Mar (2015)

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Wifipidia Seul

Varvara & Mar (2013)

Exhibition Catalogs

A selection of exhibition catalogs featuring work by Varvara & Mar.

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Camaleon

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2016)

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Knitted Experiments of Varvara & Mar

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2014)

Solo exhibition in Maribor Art Gallery, Curated by Jerneja Rebernak

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Binoculars to Binoculars from

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2013)

Connecting Cities project, FACT Liverpool

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Kombi

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2012)

Marginalia+Lab, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Baltic Sea Radio

Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet (2012)

Baltic Goes Digital exhibition, Gdansk City Gallery

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Academic Publications

Below is a selection of recent peer-reviewed articles, conference papers and book chapters authored or co-authored by Varvara Guljajeva and/or Mar Canet Sola.

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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2025)
ARTECH 2025 – 12th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts. Media Art Cultures, Communities & Territories, Braga, 26–28 November 2025.
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DOI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09788
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2025)
ISEA 2025 – 30th International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23–29 May 2025.
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Mar Canet Sola, Varvara Guljajeva (2025)
In Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ’25).
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DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3769534.3769620
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Shuai Liu, Mar Canet Sola (2025)
In Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ’25).
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DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3769534.3769614
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2024)
Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2024, Brisbane, Australia.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.13883
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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ’24).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3678698.3687185
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Varvara Guljajeva, Mar Canet Sola, Lauri Kilusk, Martin Melioranski and Kaiko Kivi (2024)
IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP) 2024, St. Pete Beach, FL, USA, pp. 53–68.
Conference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VISAP64569.2024.00009
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Jiayang Huang, Yue Huang, David Yip and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech. 7, 4, Article 62 (July 2024).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3664219
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Zoe Qi‑Jing Li, Yufan Li and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
In Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C ’24).
Conference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3660501
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Varvara Guljajeva, Mar Canet Sola and Isaac Clarke (2024)
In Artificial Intelligence – Intelligent Art? Human‑Machine Interaction and Creative Practice. Transcript, 59–78.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839469224
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Yue Huang and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts (ARTECH ’23).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3632776.3632821
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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’24).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3635319
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Zoe Qi‑Jing Li and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’24).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3635329
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Lee Jones, Greta Grip, Boris Kourtoukov, Varvara Guljajeva, Mar Canet Sola, Sara Nabil (2024)
International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’24), Cork, Ireland.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633359
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Mila Oiva, Tillman Ohm, Ksenia Mukhina, Mar Canet Solà, and Maximilian Schich (2024)
Journal of Cultural Analytics, 9(4).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.118495
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Alejandro Hernandez, Levin Brinkmann, Ignacio Serna, Nasim Rahaman, Hassan Abu Alhaija, Hiromu Yakura, Mar Canet Sola, Bernhard Schölkopf, Iyad Rahwan (2024)
NeurIPS 2024 Workshop on Creativity & Generative AI
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.11494
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Mila Oiva, Ksenia Mukhina, Vejune Zemaityte, Andres Karjus, Mikhail Tamm, Tillmann Ohm, Mark Mets, Daniel Chávez Heras, Mar Canet Sola, Helena Hanna Juht & Max Schich (2024)
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-15.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02886-w
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Mar Canet Sola, Antonina Korepanova, Ksenia Mukhina and Maximilian Schich (2023)
The 16th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ’23), Guangzhou, China.
Conference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3615522.3615562
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Tillman Ohm, Mar Canet Sola, Andres Karjus and Maximilian Schich (2023)
The 16th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ’23), Guangzhou, China.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3615522.3615546
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Andres Karjus, Mar Canet Sola, Tillmann Ohm, Sebastian E. Ahnert, & Maximilian Schich (2023)
Journal EPJ Data Science.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00397-3
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Varvara Guljajeva; Canet Sola, Mar and Clarke, Isaac (2023)
Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Paris, France.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69564/ISEA2023-62-full-Guljajeva-et-al-Artistic-Strategies
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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2023)
SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Art Gallery (SA ’23).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3610537.3622947
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Li, Yufan; Huang, Yue; Zhang, Kang and Varvara Guljajeva (2023)
2023 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VISAP60414.2023.00010
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Varvara Guljajeva, Mar Canet Sola and Iurii Kuzmin (2023)
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 19:3 (2023) 477–495.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2023.2270790
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Varvara Guljajeva and Canet Sola, Mar (2023)
Proceedings of VINCI 2023, Guangzhou, China.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3615522.3615573
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Varvara Guljajeva, Canet Sola, Mar and Clarke, Isaac (2023)
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.07429
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2023)
In Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound and Design. Springer Nature Switzerland.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29956-8_23
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2023)
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’23).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3569009.3576191
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2023)
In Computer and Media Art at the Age of Metaverse and NFT, proceedings of CAC.7. Published as e-book by Europia Productions, Paris (https://europia.fr), ISBN 979-10-90094-58-1
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2022)
Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM ’22), Lisbon, Portugal.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3503161.3549976
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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2022)
Creativity and Cognition (C&C ’22), Venice, Italy, 634–636.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3527927.3531191
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2022)
Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 2022), Coimbra, Portugal.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24840/xCoAx_2022_66
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Mar Canet Sola and Varvara Guljajeva (2022)
Proc. ACM Computer Graphics and Interactive Technology, Vol. 5 No. 4.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3533386
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Kelomees, Raivo, Guljajeva, Varvara and Laas, Oliver (eds.) (2022)
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn. ISBN 978-9916-619-64-3.
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Varvara Guljajeva (2022)
In Raivo Kelomees, Varvara Guljajeva, Oliver Laas (eds.), The Meaning of Creativity in the Age of AI, 12–15.
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Mar Canet Sola (2022)
In: Raivo Kelomees, Varvara Guljajeva, Oliver Laas (Ed.). The Meaning of Creativity in the Age of AI. Tallinn: Estonian Art Academy
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Mar Canet Sola, Varvara Guljajeva and Alvaro Cassinelli (2021)
In 10th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts (ARTECH 2021), Aveiro, Portugal.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3483529.3483744
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Varvara Guljajeva (2021)
In 10th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts (Aveiro, Portugal).
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3483529.3483663
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2021)
HyMEx Hybrid Museum Experience Symposium 2021 Proceedings, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, 78–83. ISBN: 978-963-9537-82-8
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Varvara Guljajeva (2021)
Leonardo Journal Vol. 54 No. 5.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02111
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Varvara Guljajeva (2021)
In Ethnographic Experiments with Artists, Designers and Boundary Objects. UCL Press, London, 89–91.
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Kelomees, Raivo, Guljajeva, Varvara and Laas, Oliver and Montgomery, Sean (2021)
In Radical Immersions: Navigating Between Virtual/Physical Environments and Information Bubbles, 130–137.
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Kelomees, Raivo, Guljajeva, Varvara and Laas, Oliver (2020)
In WHY SENTIENCE? 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2020), Montreal.
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Varvara Guljajeva (2019)
In ISEA2019, Lux Aeterna, Gwangju, 92–98.
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Varvara Guljajeva (2018)
Doctoral Thesis, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2015)
In Crafting Our Digital Futures, 2015.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2014)
In RHIZOPE: Art & Science – Hybrid Art and Interdisciplinary Research, 85–88.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2013)
In Social Fabric, 46–50.
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Mar Canet Sola (2013)
BIT Y APARTE. 76-87
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Varvara Guljajeva, Mar Canet Sola and Mike Stubbs (2012)
In Urban Media Cultures, 52–56.
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Mar Canet Sola (2012)
Videojuegos y Juventud, (90). Institute of Youth Spanish Government.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2012)
MutaMorphosis Conference 2012, Prague.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2011)
ISEA, Istanbul September 2011.
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Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet Sola (2010)
AMBER Conference 2010, 6th - 7th November 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
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