Past Residents
Past Resident2014: The Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Olaf Brzeski
Olaf Brzeski’s practice is rooted in surrealist visions, which he puts into life via film, three-dimensional sculptures and installations. His comments about his own works do not so much mirror his personal interpretation, but narrate fictional stories, illustrated in the artworks or, in fact, made believable through the existence of the latter. This is the way in which Brzeski generates new worlds and their inhabitants.
Olaf Brzeski, Dream - spontaneous combustion, 2008, Bone soot, polyurethane resin and ash, 70 4/5 x 59 x 37 2/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Untitled (from the little orphans series), 2009, Cast iron, chair, 35 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Out of love for a woman, 2012, Steel, bronze, oil, paint and wood, 118 1/8 x 118 1/8 x 177 1/8 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, The fall of the man i don't like, 2012, Painted steel, 106 1/3 x 137 3/4 x 82 2/3 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Olaf Brzeski, Untitled (from the little orphans series), 2009, Cast iron, wood, glass and light, 82 2/3 x 35 1/2 x 51 1/5 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2014: Beca Arte, CCU - Corporación Cultural La Araucana
Raimundo Edwards
Raimundo Edwards’ most recent work has to do with the displacement and twisting of pictorial language, through the material and conceptual relationships that develop in the combination of different states of representation: from painting to photography, video and object. In general terms, the main focus of his work lies in the relationship between nature and culture, the coming together of organic elements with elements belonging to the industrial world, placed in combination in a specific architectural space. Thus, color and form become parts of a fragmented assemblage, in which different visual, material and symbolic relationships take place.
Raimundo Edwards (born 1979 in Santiago) holds a BFA from Finis Terrae University and an MA in Visual Arts from the University of Chile. He received the International Association of Art Critics award in 2009 and second prize in the Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Cabeza de Raton competition in 2011. His solo exhibitions include: Retorno, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, 2013; Colisin, Oficina Barroca, Santiago, 2012; Sintaxis, AIEP Sala de Arte, Santiago, 2012 and Cromo (CR), Galeria Centro, Talca, 2010. He has participated in a number of group shows both in Chile and abroad including: Arquelogias a Destiempo, Galeria Gabriela Mistral (curated by Rodrigo Alonso), Santiago, 2012; Naturata, Galeria Florencia Loewenthal, Santiago, 2010; USVtv videoicomiso, Museum of the City of Queretaro. Mexico, 2010; Artilugio Chilensis, Sala La Perrera, Valencia, 2009; and art actions at three museums in France: Louvre, D’ Orsay and Centre Pompidou, 2009.
Raimundo Edwards, Five Combined Stats, 2011-2012, Automotive residues, plant, bone, waxed thred, fluorescent paint, nails, acrylic and fabric, Installation view, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Raimundo Edwards, Road sector diesel consumption per capita (kg of oil equivalent), 2012, Test tubes, motor oil, waxed thread, nails, 23 1/2 x 15 1/3 x 1 1/3 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Raimundo Edwards, Recomposition, 2012, Mixed media, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Raimundo Edwards, Zorzal (shadow), 2013, Stuffed bird coated with automotive paint and waxed thread. Courtesy of the artist.
Raimundo Edwards, TITOS, 2013, HD video, 1:42 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2013: Foundation for a Civil Society
Veli & Amos
Veli & Amos is a Slovenian-Swiss artist duo, based between Ljubljana and Zürich. Their work uses language, codes and the energy of graffiti and activism to draw attention to problems and borders of our present-day reality. They research public space, squats and demonstrations, where they adapt their knowledge into a site-specific art practice. With public art, art on the Internet or art inside the gallery, they deal with how to transform site.
Veli Silver (born 1983, Banja Luka) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana and the Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto. Amos Angeles (born 1986, Zurich) studied Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and finished his bachelor’s degree at the Zurich University of the Arts. Veli and Amos have been working as a duo since 2008. Their work has been shown at Museum of Contemporary, Ljubljana; Rotor Gallery, Graz; HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles; P 74 Gallery, Ljubljana; Message salon, Zurich and W139, Amsterdam.
Veli & Amos, F is forever, 2013, Bands, string, paper, plastic, 471/4 × 313/16 in. (120.01 × 79.25 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Follow the Out Line, 2012, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Who the fuck is Luka Princic, 2013, Performance. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Youtube, Let's Save the Whales International, Jew Box and Sheep, 2011, Mixed media, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Veli & Amos, Signed by Mana Ous Bah, 2012, Street signs, lights, print, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
