Description
No matter in which environment we humans appear, we leave traces there. Whether we want it or not, our presence inevitably inscribes itself in the spaces we enter. For the work “Surface Séance”, I made traces of human bodies on various surfaces the subject of an animated film. This film technique makes it possible to create the illusion that the individual smudges, caused by countless different people, grow together to form a single body. (Michael Heindl)
About the director:
Michael Heindl
Director, media artist. Born in 1988 in Linz he studied painting at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the NCAD in Dublin. He lives and works in Vienna and Scharten (Upper Austria). In his works, he deals with the contradictions and paradoxes of human action in the face of a present that is experienced as crisis-ridden. His main themes are dealing with the threat of climate catastrophe and a capitalism that is perceived as being without alternative. He has received several art awards, including the Jury Prize of VIS 2021, the Crossing Europe Innovative Award 2020 (Jury Prize), the LENTOS Art Prize 2016 and the Prize of the Passau Art Association 2014.