*Tremendous Olia pic should be chiseled in analog granite and hidden for the ages in some Paleolithic art-cave.
OLIA LIALINA – LOSSLESS
26.4. – 23.6.2018
Roehrs & Boetsch is pleased to announce Olia Lialina’s inaugural solo exhibition "LOSSLESS" at the gallery.
The exhibition "LOSSLESS" showcases Lialina’s recent works centred on invisible or disappearing phenomena of today’s online culture. Going behind the designed presentation of today’s Internet and revealing the codes and protocols, the visible or hidden matters, the artefacts left by developers or users, Lialina monumentalizes and pays respect to the vernacular of today’s online culture while also trying to prevent their disappearance by acting as its archivist.
"LOSSLESS" will be on view from 26 April to 23 June 2018.
The opening takes place on 25 April 2018 | 6 - 9 pm.
During the opening Olia Lialina and Nina Roehrs will lead through the exhibition; followed by proprietary drinks and peer-to-peer food.
We look forward to welcoming you!
OLIA LIALINA – ABOUT
Born in Moscow in 1971 and now based in Germany, Olia Lialina is among the best-known participants in the 1990s net.art scene – an early-days, network-based art pioneer. Her early work had a great impact on recognizing the Internet as a medium for artistic expression and storytelling. This century, her continuous and close attention to internet architecture, “net.language” and vernacular web – in both artistic and public projects – has made her an important voice in contemporary art and new media theory.
Lialina has, for the past two decades, produced many influential works of network-based art: My Boyfriend Came Back from the War (1996), Agatha Appears (1997), First Real Net Art Gallery (1998), Last Real Net Art Museum (2000), Online Newspapers (2004-2017), Summer (2013).
Lialina is also known for using herself as a GIF model, and is credited with founding one of the earliest web galleries, Art Teleportacia. She is cofounder and keeper of One Terabyte of Kilobyte Age archive and a professor at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, Germany.
Her work has been exhibited extensively online and at venues including the New Museum, New York; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Transmediale, Berlin; Western Front, Vancouver; and/or, Dallas/LA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; ABC Gallery, Moscow; ZKM, Karlsruhe; Madison Square Park, New York; Barbican, London; LEAP, Berlin; MOTI, Breda; HEK, Basel; The Kitchen, NY; and Whitechapel Gallery, London.
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