by Oliver Laric, 2015, 5'
Presented at the 14th edition of Lo schermo dell'arte, 2021Through a montage of numerous clips, Untitled includes footage from over 100 years of animated films and videos to immerse the viewer in different cultures and time periods. Laric extrapolates the scenes in which people, objects and animals are transformed: elderly people become children, robots turn into cars and snakes and then belly dancers. Untitled is an investigation of the history of animation and a reflection on the meaning of metamorphosis as an opportunity for, and a form of, growth.
Oliver Laric (Innsbruck, 1981) is a multimedia artist who, through sculpture and video, explores themes such as metamorphosis, hybridization, authenticity, and reproducibility. He is one of the first artists to manipulate YouTube contents. In his very short videos he combines typical aspects of the digital world, exploiting the potential of the platform and using it not only as an archive to extrapolate images, but also as a place of exposition and free diffusion of his works, generating a short circuit between the art world and popular culture.
Recent solo shows: 2021 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; OCAT, Shanghai; S.M.A.K Ghent; 2019 Forum Arte Braga; St. Louis Art Museum Missouri; 2018 Braunschweiger Kunstverein; Tanya Leighton, Berlin; Metro Pictures, New York. He has also participated in group exhibitions at: Mudam, Luxembourg (2021); Sharjah Art Foundation (2020); MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2019); ICA, Boston (2018). He took part in: Triennale Beaufort (2021), Seoul Mediacity Biennale (2021), Yerevan Biennial (2021); Guangzhou Triennial 2018; Sao Paulo Biennial 2018; Liverpool Biennial 2016 and New Museum Triennial 2015.
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