Samuel Ostermann

La Lucia is the weapon (2011)

3 min 45 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"Still images follow a rhythm moving a viewer through a domestic space. Linking many sculptures with other pictures from memory. Intending to upset a moving image the still images combine into a stranger whole for a few seconds of recognition."

Artist Statement

    Other works by Samuel Ostermann

    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
    Hand-written text reading Image has a line drawn to text reading psychic space.
    Samuel Ostermann

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

    A collage of signs and symbols; the protagonist moves through a dreamlike meta-narrative.

    Anti-Fag and C.I.A in America
    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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