INSTALLATION/ JACK In 2014 Pictoplasma teamed up with the Japanese artist Motomichi Nakamura to produce a site-specific installation for the Museo de Arte Conteporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico. The installation “Jack” applies 360 degree video mapping to a specially sculptured polygonal beast, serving as the flickering screen for Motomichi’s monstrous visions and trademark minimal palette of […]
PERFORMANCE/ ERIK WILLER: HOW I BECAME A PICTO-PSYCHOLOGIST ZKM, Karlsruhe HMKV, Dortmund Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Platoon Kunsthalle, Berlin La Casa Encendida, Madrid What does an image mean and what is our relationship to it? To answer these questions Niels Bormann slips into the role of pictopsychology founder Erik Willer. Pictopsychology is a scientific discipline […]
INSTALLATION/ CONQUISTADOR On the occasion of the 2014 exhibition at MARCO, Monterrey, Pictoplasma commissioned the young Mexican illustrator El Grand Chamaco to create a site-specific installation, reflecting the theme of his Mexican identity and the group-show’s overlaying topic of portraiture. El Grand Chamaco chose to revisit the controversial trope of the conquistador, and manifested his […]
EXHIBITION/ CHARACTER PORTRAITS MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporano Monterrey, Mexico In 2014 the Museum for Contemporary Art in Monterrey, MARCO, opened its gates to stage “Pictoplasma’s Mexican premiere: The Character Portraits exhibition took over more than 1000m2 to examine the genealogical dimensions of figurative aesthetics in the postdigital age. As part of Pictoplasma’s ongoing […]
BRAND SUPPORT/ Pungas + Pictoplasma In 2014 HICKIES, the creators of the unique Elastic Lacing System that turns any sneaker into a slip-on, approached Pictoplasma with a bold idea: PUNGAS, a new form of footwear jewelry, allowing you to pimp your sneakers to the next level. PUNGAS is what happens when art, technology and footwear get together and […]
ANIMATION/ Birthday Bubbles Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2014(Anniversary Edition) Director: Ori ToorSound Design: David Kamp / davidkamp.de 2014
EXHIBITION/ THE PICTOPLASMA PORTRAIT GALLERY Kaufhaus Jandorf – Berlin, Germany On the occasion of Pictoplasma’s 10th anniversary, a vast group exhibition in an abandoned ware-house in the center of Berlin staged new work by the numerous artists who, over the years, have shaped the festival most distinctively. Presenting paintings, busts, sculptures and animated video […]
EXHIBITION/ PICTOPLASMA ACADEMY ALL-STARS Urban Spree The annual Academy All-Star exhibition at Urban Spree presents the raw talent of the international alumni of its newly established annual master class, bringing the experience, knowledge and expertise of the Pictoplasma conferences and festivals to a new level of inspiration and intensity. The yearly Pictoplasma Academy allows a […]
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