Samuel Ostermann

Anti-Fag and C.I.A in America (2016)

7 min 34 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"Thinking, the protagonist uses their past memory devices to share a dreamlike meta-narrative. Following a structure intended to upset the still images acts as to question the mind of the protagonist (and by association the audience too)."

Artist's statement

    Other works by Samuel Ostermann

    The wrapping of airwaves chewing gum has been scanned and reprinted on paper.
    Samuel Ostermann

    La Lucia is the weapon (2011)

    Still images combine into a stranger whole.

    La Lucia is the weapon
    An image is of a cap with the text Vietnam on it is repeated, as is the words Samuel Ostermann puts you in the middle of the art-work.
    Samuel Ostermann

    Upper Hutt is the mind (2011)

    Sculpture, photography, and the artist themself are absorbed into a singular moving image work.

    Upper Hutt is the mind
    A view down onto a child's high-chair with a silver and red plastic ribbon on it.
    Samuel Ostermann

    A Dead Sleep (2005)

    The protagonist wakes to find a make-believe dwelling.

    A Dead Sleep
    A deck is seen in moonlight, there are dim shadows from garden objects.
    Samuel Ostermann

    Black Lands (2004)

    Exposing the video medium's nature as a virtual viewer, Black Lands asks who controls the freedom to choose when looking at an artwork.

    Black Lands
    Samuel Ostermann on CIRCUIT

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