Hi everyone!
Thanks so much for the invitation Suzy, looking forward to seeing how
the conversations develop.
Here's an intro & links to my practice & works
For an overview – my favourite interview as of late with Annet Dekker
published on Furtherfield a while back
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/absurdity-art-speak-art-worlds-and-what-we-can-learn-big-data
Studio Practice, 2014
http://jonaslund.biz/works/studio-practice/
For Studio Practice, Lund has transformed the gallery into an art
production line by hiring four assistants who will work full time
during the gallery’s open hours throughout the run of his exhibition.
Their task is to produce work inspired by the guidelines set out in a
300 page book that Lund created expressly for them. Once a work has
been completed, it will be reviewed online by an advisory board
consisting of artists, art advisors, gallerists and collectors. The
board will assess the work so that Lund can better decide whether the
work should be signed or destroyed. The entire process will be
publicly accessible in the gallery space and on a dedicated website
(studio-practice.biz). The website will include live footage of the
gallery, assessments of the advisory board as well as Lund’s final
decision and comments regarding specific works.
Flip City, 2014
http://jonaslund.biz/works/flip-city/
Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Flip City, a solo
exhibition by Amsterdam-based artist Jonas Lund, who will present a
group of paintings that are inspired by the current appetite for
process-based abstraction; the related trend of collectors/investors
buying such works to flip them quickly for a profit; and the central
role that Los Angeles has played in both realms.
For Flip City, Lund will create forty digital paintings, of which a
selection will be on view during the run of the exhibition and the
others will be presented at art fairs in Europe, Latin America and the
United States during the next twelve months. Each work has elements
sampled from paintings by other emerging artists, yet Lund’s works are
so thoroughly remixed that only a very astute observer might see
familiar passages. Lund will install a GPS tracking device on the
stretcher bar of each painting so that he can track its movements and
approximate whereabouts. He will also maintain a website with this
information in the years to come.
See full documentation on http://flip-city.net
The Fear of Missing Out, 2013
http://jonaslund.biz/works/the-fear-of-missing-out/
MAMA presents The Fear Of Missing Out, the latest exhibition by
Swedish artist Jonas Lund (SE, 1984). The title derives from a social
network induced anxiety condition. One brought on by trying to keep up
with a rapidly moving world. A fear of constantly being one-step
behind, in the wrong place, and missing out on the most exciting
events. The Fear Of Missing Out proposes that it is possible to be one
step ahead of the art world by using well-crafted algorithms and
computational logic.
The works in the show are the result of a computer algorithm written
by Lund. By analysing and categorizing a wide range of artworks, by
the most successful contemporary artists, a set of instructions were
generated explaining, step by step, how to make the most successful
works of art. The artist then simply made the work following the
instructions. In The Fear of Missing Out, important categories from
the art world such as authenticity, artistry, talent, and creativity
are questioned. The title also refers to the urge to be a part of a
transparent information society made up of an overarching digital
network.
Best,
JONAS
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