Jesper Thiemer Hansen & Benazir Basauri Torres (DK/PE)
Jesper Thiemer Hansen is an artist from Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently working with installations that investigate spatiality and that create a conversation between the work and its surroundings. His expression is in media such as sound, light and space. In addition, he most often uses technology to shape his artistic expression. Thiemer is interested in the perception between humans and media, as well as the interaction span between humans and technology in different contexts. He is curious about works that explore the connection between light, sound and space in acousmatic fusions.
In 2022, he became a bachelor in Art & Technology from Aalborg University.
Thiemer has previously created various commissioned art installations, experiences and content within sound and light throughout Denmark, in places such as Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde Festival, and Aalborg Operafestival, as well as collaborated on artistic projects for exhibition in Aalborg and Aarhus.
In 2022, he became a bachelor in Art & Technology from Aalborg University.
Thiemer has previously created various commissioned art installations, experiences and content within sound and light throughout Denmark, in places such as Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde Festival, and Aalborg Operafestival, as well as collaborated on artistic projects for exhibition in Aalborg and Aarhus.
Benazir Basauri Torres is a Peruvian artist who explores the observation of ourselves, The Other and what is produced in that encounter, carried out on the Internet as the main common scenario. Nevertheless, handmade objects are always present in her artwork, the final work is usually shown as an installation integrated by different pieces such as phrases, drawings, sculptures, audios, GIFs and videos that propose a critical reflection of our immediate reality.
The artist's work has been shown internationaly in exhibitions such as Mutation Week Festival (Aalborg, Denmark, 2022),MANA Contemporary, Open Studios (Miami, 2019), Unter den Nägeln (Erfurt- Germany, 2021), The Internet is my favorite artist, shown as part of FASE Festival of art, science and technology (Buenos Aires, 2017). Basauri Torres was recently part of an artist-in-residence program in Alcanena, Portugal. Nowadays she is highly focused on decolonial views, Andean cosmovision, and how we construct our own identities as a way of resistance through art practice as sense-making.
The artist's work has been shown internationaly in exhibitions such as Mutation Week Festival (Aalborg, Denmark, 2022),MANA Contemporary, Open Studios (Miami, 2019), Unter den Nägeln (Erfurt- Germany, 2021), The Internet is my favorite artist, shown as part of FASE Festival of art, science and technology (Buenos Aires, 2017). Basauri Torres was recently part of an artist-in-residence program in Alcanena, Portugal. Nowadays she is highly focused on decolonial views, Andean cosmovision, and how we construct our own identities as a way of resistance through art practice as sense-making.
Reaction GIFs // Sharing is caring
2023 / Internet-based audiovisual piece
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION
We live in a time of crisis, from which we often seek refuge in virtual spaces that act as parallel worlds, worlds that remain safe and unaffected by whatever is happening IRL. Nevertheless, can we really refer to them as such? Can we talk about a separation between physical and virtual spaces? Can a crisis that originated in a physical space extend into a virtual space?
The artwork deals with the exploration of two virtual formats: GIF and MP3. This conversation will be hosted on the Internet, but, is the Internet a safe space? The group of academics and hackers who developed the Internet had the aim to spread information and make it accessible for everyone, this project reclaims this aim.
"Reaction GIFs // Sharing is caring" is presented as an internet-based audiovisual piece, the set up is defined in relation to the space it will be exhibited in. This piece is ultimately an invitation to reflect on how we (re)act in times of crisis.
How do we connect?
Who do we relate to?
Are we able to recognize similarities among ourselves and the space we are inhabiting?
2023 / Internet-based audiovisual piece
ARTWORK DESCRIPTION
We live in a time of crisis, from which we often seek refuge in virtual spaces that act as parallel worlds, worlds that remain safe and unaffected by whatever is happening IRL. Nevertheless, can we really refer to them as such? Can we talk about a separation between physical and virtual spaces? Can a crisis that originated in a physical space extend into a virtual space?
The artwork deals with the exploration of two virtual formats: GIF and MP3. This conversation will be hosted on the Internet, but, is the Internet a safe space? The group of academics and hackers who developed the Internet had the aim to spread information and make it accessible for everyone, this project reclaims this aim.
"Reaction GIFs // Sharing is caring" is presented as an internet-based audiovisual piece, the set up is defined in relation to the space it will be exhibited in. This piece is ultimately an invitation to reflect on how we (re)act in times of crisis.
How do we connect?
Who do we relate to?
Are we able to recognize similarities among ourselves and the space we are inhabiting?
Reaction GIFs // Sharing is caring
2023
Internet-based audiovisual piece
