Through technology, he explores the human psyche and its emotional disturbances like obsession, isolation, sexual fetish, escapism, and the relationship with computers and virtual platforms that dominate our lives today. Tony oursler is one of the key figures in the development of video art. Eness defines the play space of the future with jem, a largescale public artwork that is everchanging and responds to its visitors, sensing their. Tony ourslers synesthesia project features interviews with twelve legendary figures in the downtown music, performance and art scenes. The artist currently lives and works in new york city. The vr work, spacemen r my friended 2016 invites the viewer into the world of the main protagonist, george adamski.
See below for installation footage of tony ourslers new show cell phones diagrams cigarettes searches and scratch cards at metro pictures from vernissagetv, which opened last week. The redundancy of this name change was precisely the. Incubator 2003 fiberglass head, dvd, dvd player, sony vplcs5 projector found at. The show examines themes of addiction and consumerism in an increasingly interconnected culture. An exclusive interview with tony oursler after the opening. The installation will be shown every week day october 19 november 4, 611 pm at stockholm university. Untitled magnetic field 2007 carpet and sound dimensions variable installation at tonya bonakdar gallery, 2007 untitled, 2012, marble, 5 38 x 72 inches untitled, 2008, 30 monitors, 30 dvd players, 30 dvds 84 x 1 x 18 inches. Tear of the cloud, like many of ourslers other works, alludes to the technological past, while posing questions about its future. This fall, we are showing a selection of his newest works in relation to those created for ourslers exhibition in 2002 at magasin iii. Eai has supported the creation, exhibition, distribution and preservation of video art, and more recently.
Point of view 1994 cloth, green lamp, video projection 254 x 44 x 35 cm. An advocate of media art and artists since 1971, eais core program is the distribution and preservation of a collection of over 3,500 new and historical video works by artists. Tony oursler born 1957 is an american multimedia and installation artist. Moma defines this period as one abundant in the publication, consumption, and manipulation of information, especially by computers. His art covers a range of mediums including video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. Tony oursler these algorithms could be used in pretty much any machine with an optical interface, which could be anything from outdoor surveillance to something attached to a bank machine i think there is kind of a shopping component and social component with peoples phones and their social media. Eness jem installation translates peoples movement into. See more ideas about installation art, contemporary art and art.
Tony welch contact me at 2567024199 for flooring of all types. Video, multiple projections, sound and smoke dimensions. Digital art is an expansive field whose genesis can be traced back to the 1970s and the emergence of the information age. Installation pieces are often sculptural in that they activate and consider space. Installation art 19691996 davies, hugh, forsha, lynda, onorato, ronald on. Tony oursler for some time now the multimedia and installation artist tony oursler has made use of modern technology in his works, and the virtual world seems to be a natural extension of ourslers practice. Even though parts of the installation contain sunshine of course the whole thing was meant to take place in a somnambulist state of mind at night. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. In his most famous installations, tony oursler creates scenes of. The museum has one current exhibit, a speciallycommissioned piece by internationally acclaimed artist tony oursler, who is best known for his disconcerting projection installation works. The supplied installation script installs the software needed by most sites and optionally installs software for use with sun grid engine. October 26, 20 january 12, 2014 edward hopper house presents a new installation by renowned multimedia artist tony oursler b. Tony oursler is a major figure in the recent history of video art.
Video installation, then, describes works that activate space with video. His ephemeral projection pieces last only a night or two, but they reclaim the city streets as places for discussion and heated debate. Tony oursler takes you behind the scenes and into his studio. In a wonderful comeback, david bowie released a video of his first new song in a decade today on his 66th birthday. He uses digital images as well as identity production using projections, animations and video screens. John cale, thurston moore, dan graham, genesis porridge, kim gordon, glenn branca, laurie anderson, tony conrad, david byrne, lydia lunch, alan vega, and arto lindsay. Tony oursler is an installation artist who links to my work as he also uses multimedia.
The exhibition will run for two seasons and will also include a new production of tony ourslers acclaimed outdoor work the influence machine. Will artificial intelligence mark the darkest chapter of. Polish artist krzysztof wodiczko creates art by projecting images upon the monumental architecture found in large cities. Legendary multimedia artist tony oursler has long explored the ways in which the human body is affected by technology. David bowie turns 66, releases first new song in a decade.
A pioneer of newmedia art since the mid1970s, tony oursler is best known for his video projections and installation works that explore technologys effects on. I was particularly interested in his work created with video and sculpture. Drawings, cdrom, installation, videotapes, pei ling chan gallery and. His work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions including the walker art center, minneapolis, documenta viii, ix, kassel, museum of modern art, new york, whitney museum of. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Tony oursler is a multimedia artist best known for his hallucinatory video work and immersive installations that use new technology to explore ancient ideas. He completed a ba in fine arts at the california institute for the arts, valencia, california in 1979. Like edward hopper, oursler grew up in nyack, just down the road from the edward hopper house. Tony oursler modern art contemporary art new media art video installation projection mapping interactive art exhibition display objet dart ymutate. Scale interactive installation interactive design information design digital signage zaha hadid brain science experiential software development. Check out his impressive video cassette tape archive and the spot where david bowies face was recorded in the name of art.
Electronic arts intermix eai is a nonprofit arts organization that is a resource for video and media art. From that point on, as the world became immersed in digitization, a new category of art arose, commonly called digital art or. Tony oursler these algorithms could be used in pretty much any machine with an optical interface, which could be anything from outdoor surveillance to something attached to a bank machine i think there is kind of a shopping component and social component. This may simply be a copy of the original media but software publishers which offer site licenses for institutional customers may provide a version intended for installation. A prime example of a video installation is american artist tony ourslers work, where video projection is a key element. A peek inside tony ourslers exhaustive archive of occult. Tony ourslers cell phones diagrams cigarettes searches. The vr work, spacemen r my friended2016 invites the viewer into the world of the main protagonist, george adamski. Here, oursler reveals what went into the largescale public work, his views on a. Venice biennale installation coming home sarah sze brings biennale show to the bronx museum of the arts, corcoran divies art.
In 1962, a graduate student at mit, ivan sutherland developed a hardware and software system that included a nineinch monitor and a light pen, which enabled sutherland to draw directly on the screen. Theatre design stage design event design exhibition display exhibition space interactive installation installation art display design booth. Tony oursler currently lives and works in new york city. Drawings, cdrom, installation, videotapes, pei ling chan gallery and garden for the arts, savannah college of art and design, georgia. Projection installation, video installation, projection mapping, time based art, tony oursler, scratch art, new media art, land art, light art samuel deeken photographed by daniela trost and styled by simon grundtner for sicky magazine. I really got the bug for working outside in public, its a natural extension of the use of found objects and liminal indoor space. In his most recent body of work, oursler examines facialrecognition software by integrating videos of distorted human faces with scattered data. A video work by tony oursler will be presented on the glass facade facing the city. Oursler innovatively moves the viewing space away from the. Multimedia artist tony oursler documents personal archive. Tony oursler 1957 multimedia installation american.
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