designboom.com: swiss artist victorine müller has combined the disciplines of performance, sculpture, painting and sound for the last fourteen years -
with an upcoming exhibition at the zone contemporaine oliver fahrni in bern, switzerland entitled 'wild at heart' showing her current
work of a PVC squid entitled 'ballon stratosphérique'
7 comments:
I am normally the first person to be put into apoplectic fits by performance art but this artist seems to have a true artistic vision not just a bullshit elite artistic reasoning. The interaction of the inflated sculptures with the lights provides interesting facets for the light to reflect off of. With the person inside the inflated sculpture there is a certain interaction of person, plastic and light that is profound. The piece that strikes me more than the others is the one on the train tracks outside because of the lack of hiding the workings and technology. The artist embraces the technology and the fact that there was a disconnect between the technological art and the overgrown nature of the track was visually attractive to my less than trained eye. I will keep my eye for more from this artist.
I have never seen anything like these before. I think it is amazing how the animals engulf and encase her in a shell that sees flimsy and is completely see through. I also like the way that she uses light to affect the opacity of the creatures. I was also wondering how long she is able to stay in these works for and how she breathes. I would be interested to know more about the process that occurred in order to create these pieces of art.
The intent of this artist is quite interesting. The use of inflatables as art, but with the combination of performers, brings a new world to vulnerability and presence. The light, performers, and the space of the inflatable creates an interesting relationship. It pulls together many aspects of creating art that are different in meaning sometimes and creates a more realistic yet stylized art form. This is great to see and is very creative.
Im normally not a big fan of performance art, however i think this is absolutely beautiful. its so ascetically pleasing with the simple and etherial shapes but it really do think it says something, especially combined with the title animal at heart its truly magical looking and i would love to see it someday. This can also be applied to many other things in the world of design and performance.
The way this art work looks it is almost like the person has a aura of the created animal. But it does not seem to invoke any emotion. I think this piece of work looks cool however does not evoke emotion or say very much. I believe that although she was close to what she want to get out of people she never achieved her goal.
What jumps to my mind when I see these images (which I find absolutely amazing) is some giant, twisted toy-chest from which came out all these dreamy, eery shapes. Or maybe they're bubbles that escaped the bubble bath and went a little wild. I guess what I'm saying here is that this artist's work is very striking, and constantly causing me to see more than there is due to the play on light and texture and the presence of victorine muller in her own artwork.
The pictures are stunning. This looks like a fantastic and fresh innovation in performance art. I love the utilization of performers, sound, lighting (both natural and artificial), and the inflatables. I wish I could see this. I haven't heard of anything like it before. I would be interested to hear a survey of audience remarks on the piece as well as interpretations. As a side note, I'm wondering if the PVC material is safe for the performers since they are entirely immersed. I would assume yes since they've agreed to do it, but I'd like to know the specifics.
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