Filippo Lorenzin is curator and critic specialised in the relation of art, society and technology. Lorenzin lives and works in London and writes for, among others, Furtherfield, Artribune and Digicult. He is invited to analyse the technical and material implications of a game as a work of art.

 

About the Work

The Trolley (2017) by artist Nicholas O’Brien. The Trolley is, in the artist's own words, an essay game artwork. It revolves around the progressive disappearance of a mode of public transport in the urban landscape. The game is made into an installation and the story is a metaphor for the changes in public space and infrastructure in the US. A both medium specific and politically relevant work - that pushes the boundaries of traditional and new media. How does Nicholas O'Brien use storytelling, cinematic qualities and spaciality within the medium game? How does narration work in a game? How does the viewer relate to the installation as a whole and the moving image on the screen? The work can be characterised by a cross-medial approach.

 

The Trolley will be exhibited at LIMA from January 17 - February 28, 2018. Next to this, the two experts Isabelle Arvers (Pt.I) and Filippo Lorenzin (Pt.II) will shed their light on the work and its cultural and material implications.

 

Cultural Matter

Cultural Matter is a series of exhibitions and events that provides a platform for the international discussion of digital art and aims to develop new strategies for the presentation and preservation of these artworks.

Participating artists: Nicholas O’Brien, Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, Olia Lialina, UBERMORGEN.Curated by: Sanneke Huisman and Jan Robert Leegte.

 

About Nicholas O’Brien

Nicholas O’Brien is an artist with a strong focus on game culture and game elements. As a curator he researched themes such as digital nature and digital romanticism, which also come up in his autonomous work. O’Brien lives and works in New York.

 

Cultural Matter: Filippo Lorenzin on Nicholas O’Brien (Pt.ll)

Monday February 19, 7.45 PM

 

Exhibition

From January 17 - February 28

Every day 5 - 11 PM

LIMA (in the basement of LAB111)

Entrance is free

 

Photo's by Jose Miguel Biscaya.

 

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This programme is supported by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Democracy & Media Foundation, AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) and the Mondriaan Fund.