FINDING FANON 2 (2015)

UHD video, sound, color, 9' 13"

Miscelando il cinema sperimentale al machinima, quest’opera solleva domande importanti sulla condizione post-coloniale nei mondi virtuali, nello specifico in Grand Theft Auto V. Il risultato è una narrazione a più livelli che mette in discussione la presunta neutralità ideologica dei videogiochi.

Combining art-house cinema with machinima, this work investigates the post-colonial condition within the simulated world of Grand Theft Auto V. The result is a multi-layered narrative which raises questions about the alleged ideology-free spaces of video games.

Larry Achiampong (U.K)

Larry Achiampong (b. 1984, UK) completed a BA in Mixed Media Fine Art at University of Westminster (2005) and an MA in Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art (2008). His practice uses sound, live performance, and imagery to explore representations of identity in the digital age and the dichotomies found within a world dominated by facebook/tumblr/youtube-based cultures. He crate-digs the vaults of history, splicing audible and visual qualities of the personal and interpersonal archive-as-material, offering multiple dispositions that reveal the socio-political contradictions in contemporary society. Achiampong has exhibited, performed, and presented projects within the UK and abroad including Tate Britain & Modern; London, David Roberts Art Foundation; London, Modern Art Oxford; Oxford, New Art Exchange; Nottingham, SAVVY Contemporary; Berlin, and Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation; Accra. Achiampong lives and works in London.

DAVID BLANDY (U.k.)

Nato nel 1984 nel Regno Unito, Larry Achiampong ha ottenuto una Laurea in Mixed Media Fine Art presso la University of Westminster (2005) e un Master of Arts in Scultura presso la Slade School of Fine Art (2008). Achiampong utilizza suoni, immagini e performance per esplorare il concetto di identità nell’era digitale. L’artista scava negli archivi della storia, appropriandosi dei materiali eterogenei in cui s’imbatte per portare in primo piano le contraddizioni socio-politiche dell’era contemporanea nonché i paradossi di un mondo dominato da Facebook, Tumblr e YouTube. Le sue opere sono state presentate nel Regno Unito e all’estero presso istituzioni come la Tate Britain & Modern di Londra, David Roberts Art Foundation a Londra, Modern Art Oxford a Oxford, New Art Exchange a Nottingham, SAVVY Contemporary a Berlino e Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation ad Accra. Achiampong vive e lavora a Londra.

 

David Blandy (b. 1976, U.K.) is an artist based in London & Brighton, who works with digital media, including video games. He was educated at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Blandy produces video, performances and comics that deal with his problematic relationship with popular culture, highlighting the slippage and tension between fantasy and reality in everyday life. Blandy has exhibited at venues nationally and worldwide such as Bloomberg Space, London; Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki; The Baltic, Gateshead; Turner Contemporary, Margate; Spike Island, Bristol; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany; PS1, New York and Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China. Represented by Seventeen, London. His films are distributed through LUX.

Nato nel 1976 nel Regno Unito, David Blandy vive e lavora tra Londra e Brighton. Nella sua pratica artistica, Blandy utilizza prevalentemente media digitali, tra cui i videogiochi. Formatosi  presso la Slade School of Fine Art e il Chelsea College of Art and Design di Londra, Blandy ha prodotto video, performance e graphic novel che tematizzano la relazione tra ideologia e popular culture. Affascinato dal corto-circuito tra fantasia e realtà nella vita quotidiana, Blandy collabora spesso con artisti internazionali. Le sue opere sono state presentate presso istituzioni internazionali tra cui Bloomberg Space di Londra, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum di Helsinki, The Baltic a Gateshead, Turner Contemporary di Margate, Spike Island a Bristol, Künstlerhaus a Stoccarda; PS1 a New York e al Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Shanghai. Blandy è rappresentato da Seventeen, Londra. I suoi film sono distribuiti da LUX.

 

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Photos by IULM Communication, Colleen Flaherty