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91m2 Project Space: Identity Crisis: Artist Talk and Video Screening
Organized by Sunshine Wong & 91m2
Feb. 26, 2011, 8 - 10 pm
in English / German; free entry
Artists: Ofir Feldman, Ofir Raul Graizer, Eva Kietzmann
How we perceive ourselves, act around others, and hide/emphasise character traits are but a small number of actions we perform to reinforce and/or reconfigure our constantly-shifting "identity". What dictates its fluctuation is the context by which we are surrounded: are we amongst like-minded company or do we clearly stand apart from them? Do we confront, retract, or somehow compensate the difference? The three artists in this event all work with the moving image and have each chosen to present one work from their practice, exploring identity as it relates to otherness (Ofir Feldman), gender (Eva Kietzmann), and duty (Ofir Raul Graizer).
Ofir Feldman is an Israeli artist currently residing in Berlin. His work explores the tentative relationship between the individual and his/her surroundings, addressing particularly those moments in which we acknowledge the extent of our alienation. Having concluded the ambitious 6-year WordBank project in which the banking institution -- arguably the most influential force in our daily life -- is subverted in the name of art and sociolinguistic experimentation, Feldman is now preparing some new video pieces.
Like Feldman, Ofir Graizer is also originally from Israel and has been based in Berlin since 2010. He is a film editor and more recently a film / video artist. In just a few short years, he has amassed an impressive catalogue of work that has as a common theme the ways we combat and succumb to incessant societal pressure. His films / videos have been shown at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival amongst others.
Berlin artist Eva Kietzmann works across disciplines as a solo artist and as a collaborator. She was a founding member of the all-female artist group SEA and the artistic research collective Ex-For, and places communicative exchanges -- with her subject or the audience, ideally with both -- in the heart of her practice. Often employing spontaneous and humorous performative tactics that expose an underlying truth, Kietzmann's work is a demonstration of her code-switching talents that permit a constant reexamination of perspective.
91m2 Project Space: Identity Crisis: Artist Talk and Video Screening
Organized by Sunshine Wong & 91m2
Feb. 26, 2011, 8 - 10 pm
in English / German; free entry
Artists: Ofir Feldman, Ofir Raul Graizer, Eva Kietzmann
How we perceive ourselves, act around others, and hide/emphasise character traits are but a small number of actions we perform to reinforce and/or reconfigure our constantly-shifting "identity". What dictates its fluctuation is the context by which we are surrounded: are we amongst like-minded company or do we clearly stand apart from them? Do we confront, retract, or somehow compensate the difference? The three artists in this event all work with the moving image and have each chosen to present one work from their practice, exploring identity as it relates to otherness (Ofir Feldman), gender (Eva Kietzmann), and duty (Ofir Raul Graizer).
Ofir Feldman is an Israeli artist currently residing in Berlin. His work explores the tentative relationship between the individual and his/her surroundings, addressing particularly those moments in which we acknowledge the extent of our alienation. Having concluded the ambitious 6-year WordBank project in which the banking institution -- arguably the most influential force in our daily life -- is subverted in the name of art and sociolinguistic experimentation, Feldman is now preparing some new video pieces.
Like Feldman, Ofir Graizer is also originally from Israel and has been based in Berlin since 2010. He is a film editor and more recently a film / video artist. In just a few short years, he has amassed an impressive catalogue of work that has as a common theme the ways we combat and succumb to incessant societal pressure. His films / videos have been shown at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival amongst others.
Berlin artist Eva Kietzmann works across disciplines as a solo artist and as a collaborator. She was a founding member of the all-female artist group SEA and the artistic research collective Ex-For, and places communicative exchanges -- with her subject or the audience, ideally with both -- in the heart of her practice. Often employing spontaneous and humorous performative tactics that expose an underlying truth, Kietzmann's work is a demonstration of her code-switching talents that permit a constant reexamination of perspective.