JASMIN EDELBRUNNER - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
INAUGURAL DIGITAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Launching each Monday at 12PM EST during the month of August 2020, Austrian multimedia artist Jasmin Edelbrunner takes over the gallery space at 112 Waterbury Street in Brooklyn, New York from her Vienna studio in Prelude Projects’ first Digital Artist-in-Residence. Edelbrunner had an invitation for a residency at Prelude Projects prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
MIXED REALITY FEELINGS, WEEK 4 - AUGUST 24 RELEASE
Jasmin Edelbrunner, Above (left to right) Portrait 1, (Talent and Anorak), Portrait 2 (Hedge Fund and Pony), Portrait 3, (Doppelganger and Obsession), Portrait 4 (Schnitzel and Weltschmerz) + Portrait 5 (Status and Paranoia). All paintings are dated 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches.
MIXED REALITY FEELINGS, WEEK 3 - AUGUST 17 RELEASE
Jasmin Edelbrunner, Slow (Blue or purple painting (classy). Close-up face. Head tilted back slightly. Trying to cover mouth while yawning. Loud and relaxed. Title something with time. oder??), 2020, oil on canvas, 125 x 85 cm
Jasmin Edelbrunner, Fast (Anonymous crowd. Only legs. Highly polished shoes. In a rush. From left to right - one direction. Painted in grayscale/ not too many details. Within one week (8 hours per day)), 2020, oil on canvas, 125 x 85 cm
MIXED REALITY FEELINGS, WEEK 2 - AUGUST 10 RELEASE
Jasmin Edelbrunner :: It’s a scene that acts as metaphor for the strong need for harmony that is meant to cover up the underlying feeling of fear. Hiding behind an overabundance of patterns and idyllic flowers illustrates this pursuit of harmony.
Jasmin Edelbrunner, Memo (zeitgeist = bitter), 2020, oil on canvas, 190 x 150 cm.
Jasmin Edelbrunner, Landscape No. 1 (a lemon walking through a field of sunflowers), 2020, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm.
MIXED REALITY FEELINGS, WEEK 1 - AUGUST 3 RELEASE
ARTIST STATEMENT
Memo paintings. The contrast between digital and real life sparked my interest. Two questions caught my eye: What pictures come from reality and what kind of reality comes from pictures?
Many social media accounts reflect a strong need for harmony, which is expressed through an accumulation of patterns and idyllic photos. We pay attention to consistent imagery, use soft filters and coordinate everything in color. This type of "over-aestheticization" our entire lives appears to us as an escape from reality. It also shapes our view, because we only get to see similar content through algorithms.