This exhibition emerges from the collaborative investigations of Narva Urban Lab, an ongoing exploration of urban processes and transformations within Narva's unique landscape.

Initiated through the partnership of Narva Art Residency and Ruumiringlus, the exhibition presents works developed during the international spring school "(RE)Configuring Territories" (May 6-12), curated by Helsinki's Trojan Horse initiative...

Borya Shapshalova (b. 1989, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria), aka BoryaXYZ, is a Sofia-based interdisciplinary new media artist working across digital painting, metaverse environments, generative systems, and sculpture.

She layers digital composition with transparency, iteration, and procedural generation to surface the invisible patterns that shape identity and echo the systems running beneath daily life. The goal is less to illustrate these structures than to let the viewer feel them. 

She is best known for her metaverse environments and natively digital curation, and she continues to build generative and sound-informed pieces alongside individual works. Notable work includes 'Pixel-Woven Landscapes' and 'DIGITAL CHERGA', developed during the MADE IN LESHTEN Vol.4 Residency (2025), which reimagine traditional Bulgarian landscape and textile through generative processes, translating digitally native work into physical objects and sculpture; 'EVAH Genesis Sculpture'; and her VR piece 'Can I Fly to Jupiter with You on Thursday', presented at Sofia Art Fair 2025.

Borya has exhibited in the UK, France, the USA, Germany, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Vietnam, and Bulgaria, as well as at specialized events across the blockchain and digital arts field. Her work is held in private collections worldwide.