OLIVER RESSLER

The end of Ford-era production, racism, economic globalization, sustainable development, genetic engineering … by reading the biography of Oliver Ressler there are so many socio-political themes that it sounds like you are a politician rather than an artist.

I am no politician at all. I couldn’t because I condemn this system of representation as it exists in parliamentary democracies nowadays. So I am definitely an artists, an artists interested in politics with the believe that there is a possibility to contribute to political debates through the means of art–which does of course not mean that I limit my works to the spaces of art solely. My films for example are presented in different contexts, which are not linked to the art world at all.

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Author : Gianni Romano

05/18/2011
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ALESSANDRA GALLETTA

Babel TV

 

It’s been several years since you took care of collaborating on many tv programs: how do you define your role?

I am a television writer, as freelance, I conceive and create cultural and custom formats for Tv. I started at Mediaset Raitre, Raiuno Telepiù Skycinema, E!Entertainment and many pioneer projects such as webTV and research on new video content for mobile phones. About a year ago, I was called by Claudio Scotto Di Carlo, my former boss at Telepiù, to participate to the start up of a new television channel of the Sky satellite Tv, Called Babel Tv, a Tv for “new citizens”, foreigners living in Italy.

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Author : Gianni Romano

03/05/2011
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SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ

Sebastian Errazuriz

You were born in Chile in 1977 and moved to New York in 2006. Beside obvious reasons, do you really think it’s impossible for a designer to work on the periphery of the system?

The Campana Brothers have always lived and worked in Brazil nevertheless they are still one of the most successful design teams in the world. It is naturally possible to work from the periphery of the system and has also many advantages; a beneficial creative isolation, less restrictions, lower costs, better quality of life, etc. Nevertheless it helps to be located next to the world art/design capitals where you can be closer to the people who are making the decision to fabricate or not your products. In my case I believe life is very short and I don’t have time to wait for things to happen; so I prefer to be where the action is.

Your studio in New York has the blueprints created by another team in Santiago. What is the reason for this method of work?

There are 3 main reasons: 1st) I do art, design, design art, public installations, etc… All depending on the commissions I am being asked to do and the projects I feel inspired to develop. Because of this I need to work with different people with different expertise depending on the different projects. Details »

Author : Gianni Romano

02/15/2011
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