Larissa Nickel
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Human Limb Object /Architech Me.
Trio of looped videos. 2014 $500. Website: http://larissanickel.com/ VO by Gia Mora. |
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Play all three videos at once for the full effect.
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ABOUT THE WORK:
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“In 2009, I was injured in a work accident which permanently impacted the mobility of my arm and hand. The experience
not only changed me physically, but required a mental shift in my understanding of my body and my ability to practice as
an artist. In working through the experience, I developed a series of digital self-portraits inspired by Le Corbusier, whose
architectural projects and philosophy included utopian visions of society.“
ART STATEMENT:
Combining visual arts and technology with my museum knowledge and skills, I use the museum as an active methodology for artistic practice employing the functions of collection, preservation, interpretation and display through performance, installation, photography and design. I create works and collective projects that address the museology process as more than just a container of materialism, but also as a conceptual space with performative qualities that activates object theatre and expressive curiosity.By evolving museum ideology and artistic practice, I operate amid these cultural modes where personal narratives overlap with public archives. Building upon the theories and ideas of new media, social sculpture, institutional critique, and cultural mapping I use history, architecture, technology, geography, narrative, and the body to question and create experiences in which art can facilitate interpersonal relationships, community-building, empathy and discovery.This process intends to engage a new architecture of creative practice and cultural exchange that embraces mobility and the synaptic connectivity between object and concept, personal identity and the social collective. Through this looking glass, my work can continuously re-generate, and endlessly become an artistic ecosystem of cultural wonder.
DESCRIPTION:
Human Limb Object/Architech Me:
Three stacked video screens form a column. The top screen alternates stills of a white female’s head and shoulders. One image shows a blonde woman and a dark-haired woman facing each other with open mouths. Another shows a brunette with two faces superimposed over each other. Another is a redhead in profile with a large butcher knife handle for a right arm. There are several other images, all with the same face but with different wigs and accessories.
The center screen alternates female torsos and arms holding kitchen appliances and accessories. There is the top of a coffee maker, a tea kettle, a stand kitchen mixer, a large butcher knife and crocheted doilies. One image has flowers floating over the crotch area. Another image has three hands.
The bottom screen alternates images of female legs. Some legs have fanciful prosthetic limbs. Other legs float above monuments in high-heeled shoes.
- description by A. Laura Brody
Three stacked video screens form a column. The top screen alternates stills of a white female’s head and shoulders. One image shows a blonde woman and a dark-haired woman facing each other with open mouths. Another shows a brunette with two faces superimposed over each other. Another is a redhead in profile with a large butcher knife handle for a right arm. There are several other images, all with the same face but with different wigs and accessories.
The center screen alternates female torsos and arms holding kitchen appliances and accessories. There is the top of a coffee maker, a tea kettle, a stand kitchen mixer, a large butcher knife and crocheted doilies. One image has flowers floating over the crotch area. Another image has three hands.
The bottom screen alternates images of female legs. Some legs have fanciful prosthetic limbs. Other legs float above monuments in high-heeled shoes.
- description by A. Laura Brody
Opulent Mobility by A. Laura Brody is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
The Opulent Mobility license refers to the exhibit and its audio descriptions. Individual artworks are the property of the individual artists.