Kari Altmann. Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain)

Installation-view-II

KARI ALTMANN, Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain)
installation view at Ellis King, Dublin, April 2015

07.--Kari-Altmann---Stretch-Flex-and-Xtend,--2015

Stretch Fle and Xtend, 2015
inkjet on vinyl and aluminium hardware 91.5 x 66 x 7.5 cm (26 x 36 x 3 inches)

08.--Kari-Altmann---Everything-is-a-Virus,-2015

Everything is a Virus, 2015
inkjet on vinyl and aluminium hardware 91.5 x 66 x 7.5 cm (26 x 36 x 3 inches)

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KARI ALTMANN, Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain)
installation view at Ellis King, Dublin, April 2015

01.-Kari-Altmann---Hyde-A,-2015-2

Hyde A, 2015
inkjet on synthetic leather in plexi frame
106.68 x 132.08 x 5.72cm (42 x 52 x 2 1⁄4 inches)

12.--Kari-Altmann---All-Terrain,-2015-(front)

All Terrain, 2015
inkjet on vinyl, synthetic leather, air plants, and aluminium hardware
300 x 240 x 40 cm (118 x 94 1⁄2 x 15 3⁄4 inches)

12.--Kari-Altmann---All-Terrain,-2015-(back)

All Terrain (back), 2015
inkjet on vinyl, synthetic leather, air plants, and aluminium hardware
300 x 240 x 40 cm (118 x 94 1⁄2 x 15 3⁄4 inches)

02.--Kari-Altmann---Hyde-B,-2015-2

Hyde B, 2015
inkjet on synthetic leather in plexi frame,
106.68 x 132.08 x 5.72cm (42 x 52 x 2,25 in)

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KARI ALTMANN, Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain)
installation view at Ellis King, Dublin, April 2015

03.--Kari-Altmann---Make-It-More-Ergonomic,-2015

Make It More Ergonomic, 2015
plastic and moulding clay, 22 x 15 x 5 cm (8 1⁄2 x 6 x 2 inches)

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KARI ALTMANN, Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain)
installation view at Ellis King, Dublin, April 2015

04.--Kari-Altmann---The-Site-of-Future-Mergers---2015-(front)

The Site of Future Mergers, 2015
inkjet on vinyl, synthetic leather, air plants, and aluminium hardware
300 x 240 x 40 cm (118 x 94 1⁄2 x 15 3⁄4 inches)

all images courtesy the artist and Ellis King, Dublin

In an interview that KARI ALTMANN gave for aqnb last year, she explained that she uses brands like formats, and that these ‘formats are fluid, that an artwork can now live as something beyond that’, and that eventually her main interest is to create ‘networks of cultural technology thanks to the internet and its options to what an artwork can be, what an image can be, and how it can move and display itself’. Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain), her new solo exhibition currently presented at Ellis King in Dublin, is no exception to this concern.

Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain) is undoubtedly diverse and lively, and challenges classic sculptural questions concerning representation and reception even if a large part of ALTMANN‘s work is composed of tumblrs, websites, soundcloud accounts or facebook pages among other materials.

Most of the works in the exhibition – comprising wall pieces, sculptures, videos and wallpapers – presented in the large and bright space of Ellis King seem to define her virtual and intangible world thanks to a precise display of pacing, color, sound, and mood. The press release (see below) is also a structuring element of the project:

How Do You Remain Elegant About Survival?

Reduce It Down To Skeletal Movements

Make It More Ergonomic

Customize, Decorate To Fit

Stretch, Flex, And Xtend

Show Up Fresh, Stay Fluid
It Works In Liquid Impressions

XEVIA AND AQUAHYDRATE COMBINE TO FORM AQUEVIA XHYDRATIA

Head Toward The Horizon Together

Grip The Ground With TalonFlux

The Best Of Soft-Shell And Hard-Shell

Orca Killer Compression Core

Second-Skin

Stimulastine

The Ability To Detach And Reattach

Your Friend Ssaleikha Just Posted A New Photo On Zorpia!

In A Closed But Very Powerful Ecosystem

Not Just A Network, It’s An Attitude

Also Comes In Clay, Clear, Blue, White, Iridescent

Until Everything Is A Mandala

Everything Is A Compass

Everything Is A Virus

Everything Is A Sun

It’s A Big World, Go Run It

If you are in Dublin, make sure to view Xomia (Return Home, Realflow, All Terrain) at Ellis King before it closes on May 2, 2015.

ps. FLEXIA XLE III (2015) one of the videos presented in the exhibition is on view on wfw, watch it here!

 



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