INSTALLATION/ THE MISSING LINK IDOL The Missing Link, originally created by Pictoplasma, symbolizes a generic character, that has lost all contact and context. It was conceived in 2011 in reference to archetypical Yeti, Big Foot, Abominable Snowman and Chupacabra legends – some of the last mysterious entities without a clear depiction in our culture of visual […]
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 […]
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 […]
INSTALLATION/ THE MISSING LINK SOLACE The Missing Link, originally created by Pictoplasma, symbolizes a generic character, that has lost all contact and context. It was conceived in 2011 in reference to archetypical Yeti, Big Foot, Abominable Snowman and Chupacabra legends – some of the last mysterious entities without a clear depiction in our culture of […]
INSTALLATION/ THE MISSING LINK EXPERIENCE Immerse yourself in character and enter the ‘Missing Link Experience’. The Yeti, Big Foot, Sasquatch, Meh-teh, Yeren, Abominable Snowman – there are many names for this archetypal creature: neither human, nor animal, but bridging the divide. As a recurring motif in unverified news stories of sightings, the legend of a […]
INSTALLATION/ FLAGS OF PICTOPIA To welcome visitors of the 2009 “Prepare for Pictopia” exhibition, Pictoplasma and Wiyumi designed a series of character clan flags representing selected original art-work included in the central group-show. The flags referenced reduced and abstract versions of characters by Motomichi Nakamura, Boris Hoppek, Tim Biskup, Tado, FriendsWithYou, Akinori Oishi and […]
INSTALLATION/ BUMPER CARS As the central installation for the exhibition “Prepare for Pictopia” at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2009), Pictoplasma conceived and produced a series of unique, interactive bumper cars referencing iconic characters by international artists Motomichi Nakamura (US/JP), Boris Hoppek (DE), Nathan Jurevicius (AUS), Tado (UK) and Doma (ARG). Every hour lights […]
INSTALLATION/ FUN HOUSE In 2009 Pictoplasma commissioned Miami based artist duo FriendsWithYou to create new site-specific artwork for spacious foyer of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.The areal with over 800 square meters was re-designed as a full-grown interactive installation referencing a suburban landscape, including private hide-aways, cheerful picket fences and FriendsWithYou’s legendary bouncing […]
INSTALLATION/ BRILHANTE French designer Florent Feys aka Doudouboy has worked extensively for the luxury industry – his luscious, oneiric and crystalline illustration style is the perfect match to brand high-class products such as haute couture or radiant perfumes. In 2009, Pictoplasma commissioned the artist to collaborate on a large-scale, walkable installation, playing on the topic […]
INSTALLATION/ THE CHARACTER RIDE In cooperation with TodaysArt (2007), Den Haag and the Japanese artist Akinori Oishi, Pictoplasma conceived and produced a truly interactive installation of taming and repulsion. The Character Ride enables visitors to enter an intriguing world of a seemingly harmless archetypical being and witness the simplest of icons coming to life. But […]
INSTALLATION/ PICTOORPHANAGE In 2006 Pictoplasma transformed the most captivating, screwball and outstanding graphical characters of the times into fantastic costumes. Padded, hydraulic or helium-filled, the creatures literally came to life. Based on the designs of illustrators from Buenos Aires, Miami, Barcelona, Toronto, Osaka or Paris, the new inhabitants of the virtual PictoOrphanage allowed real-life donors […]
INSTALLATION/ COLOUR ME! Pictoplasma’s “Colour Me!” installation invites a selected group of international character designers and artists to meet for the first time and collaborate on the creation a unique colouring and activity room: while locked in the venue for several days, thousands of untouched black and white illustrations, scribbles and characters begin to cover […]
INSTALLATION/ CHARACTERS AT WAR Zentralbüro, Berlin (GER)Forum-NRW, Düsseldorf (GER)Space4 Gallery in Peterborough (UK)Secca in Winston-Salem (USA)California State Univeristy Long Beach Art Museum in Los Angeles (USA). The installation “Characters at War” (2004) enabled visitors to meet the elite of international character design literally eye-to-eye. From Super Mario to Emily the Strange: Hundreds of all time favourites […]
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