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Oliver Ressler, Too Big To Fail, 2011,
wall text, self-adhesive foil, approx. 1000 x 180 cm (dimensions variable)
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Oliver Ressler, For A Completely Different Climate, 2008,
LED lightbox, 110 x 80 cm
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Oliver Ressler, For A Completely Different Climate, 3-channel slide installation with sound,
variable dimensions, 2008 (edition 3 + I)
Concept, photos, audio-recording, editing and production: Oliver Ressler
Editing assistant: David Grohe
Special thanks to: Climate Camp, Tadzio Mueller, Marco Scotini, Marcella Stefanoni
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Oliver Ressler, What Is Democracy?( Switzerland), 2009,
What Is Democracy?( United Kingdom), 2009
digital print on aluminum behind acrylic glass, 120 x 85 cm
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Oliver Ressler, Resist to Exist, 2011 , Installation View,digital print, 366 x 244 cm;
fence on Ytong bricks, approx. 1,200 x 242 cm; monitor with looped video ______________________________________________________________
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Oliver Ressler, There is not a flag I and II, 2015, LED light box, 184,4 x 72,2 cm
Howard Zinn located at the lower picture margin reads:
“There is not a flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
” This sentence, formulated 1986 as a reaction on the US-bombings of Tripolis,
comes to our mind, given the fact of the huge refugee tragedy taking place along
the borders of the European Union. The politics of exclusion, implemented
by the European Union and supported by the German state, is responsible for the
death of thousands of refugees. The flag – until recently a symbol to give shelter
for the weaker,is now a cloak for hostile human rights decisions cast in a
legislative mold.
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Oliver Ressler
Selected Work
Biography/Exhibitions
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Oliver Ressler (b. 1970 in Knittelfeld in Austria) lives and works in Vienna. His multimedia works and film pieces cover issues such as global capitalism, forms of resistance, social alternatives, racism and global warming. His work constantly attempts to blur the boundaries between art and activism.
Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies is a highlight in Ressler's work to date. Both an exhibtion and publication, it was presented at 21 different venues, including solo-exhibitions at Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, 2003; Kunstraum Lueneburg, Germany, 2004; Centro Cultural Conde Duque, MediaLabMadrid, Madrid, 2004; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, 2005 and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, 2005. The book is a collaborative project of Ressler and the Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, published in 2007.
Many of Ressler’s works have been realized in collaborations: “Boom!” focuses on the central contradictions of globalized capitalism (with David Thorne), “European Corrections Corporation” on the phenomenon of prison privatization (with Martin Krenn), and “What Would It Mean To Win?” on the protests against the 33rd G8-summit in Heiligendamm (with Zanny Begg). Ressler also produced the films “Venezuela from Below”, 2004 and “5 Factories–Worker Control in Venezuela”, 2006, which was presented as a 6-channel video installation at the Berkeley Art Museum, USA.
Oliver Ressler has participated in more than 150 exhibition. In 2002, Ressler’s video “This is what democracy looks like!” won the 1st prize of the International Media Art Award of the ZKM. , H ehas participated in the biennials in Prague, 2005; Seville, 2006; Moscow, 2007 and Taipei, 2008. For the Taipei Biennial 2008 Ressler also curated the exhibition "A World Where Many Worlds Fit" on the counter-globalization movement.
He is currently preparing an exhibtion at SALT, istanbul.
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