size: 245 x 314mm
softcover
240 pages
A collection of works by Swiss artist Klaudin Erb. Includes the painting series "Orlando". The series is based on the novel Orlando by Virginia Woolf, a leading British author of the 20th century, and describes the life of a poet who has lived through for over five centuries despite his mysterious gender transformation. The series, which spans approximately 200 pieces, is a small portrait depicted in a variety of styles. The motif is a person with no specific gender, male, female, and gender, and is an examination of portraits, while also "exploring art history, its involvement, and its inherent time," the author states. Furthermore, he explores his identity as a painter.
The author writes, "The vast amount of images allow you to become immersed in each face and lose yourself even more. The viewer transforms you into a timeless, universal being. As a result, the paradigm of boundaries and identity blends in, and is reconstructed into a larger context, such as "I am many" and "I am you."
The author's quest for identity was embodied in a conversation he had during a dinner party at a pavilion floating on Lake Zurich. The purpose of the event was to throw away the ego of everyday life by wearing costumes and makeup, and to infiltrate the superego in the experimental setting of performance art dinners, discussing the themes of the author's series Orlando, including identity, gender and model, construction of time, aging and longing for everlasting life, AI (artificial intelligence), and the final humanity. A record of this conversation is included in this book, which links everything that is included in this book.
It also features interviews with curator Kathleen Bühler, founder and editor of the contemporary art magazine Parkett, editor Finn Canonica, author Gregory Hari, news reporter and author Susanna Koeberle, news reporter Nina Kunz, graphic designer Katarina Lang, and writer Romeo Koyote Rosen.
by Klodin Erb
The author writes, "The vast amount of images allow you to become immersed in each face and lose yourself even more. The viewer transforms you into a timeless, universal being. As a result, the paradigm of boundaries and identity blends in, and is reconstructed into a larger context, such as "I am many" and "I am you."
The author's quest for identity was embodied in a conversation he had during a dinner party at a pavilion floating on Lake Zurich. The purpose of the event was to throw away the ego of everyday life by wearing costumes and makeup, and to infiltrate the superego in the experimental setting of performance art dinners, discussing the themes of the author's series Orlando, including identity, gender and model, construction of time, aging and longing for everlasting life, AI (artificial intelligence), and the final humanity. A record of this conversation is included in this book, which links everything that is included in this book.
It also features interviews with curator Kathleen Bühler, founder and editor of the contemporary art magazine Parkett, editor Finn Canonica, author Gregory Hari, news reporter and author Susanna Koeberle, news reporter Nina Kunz, graphic designer Katarina Lang, and writer Romeo Koyote Rosen.
by Klodin Erb