"Picture This: An exhibition by Oliver Hangl"
2001-09-01 until 2001-09-23
Norrbottens Museum
Lulea, , SE Sweden

In Picture This! - an installation consisting of a series of stereo photographs combined with a selection of soundtracks - Oliver Hangl offers us a window into the world of a young man, who appears to be transparent when pictured. But neither character nor the story are clearly defined by the artist, who instead encourages an individual, more filmic perception by proposing a range of possible soundtracks, whose lyrics may as well function as a script.

With this open narrative, Hangl provides a fragile approach towards the construction and readability of fiction, in which the position of the viewer is made central. Picture This! is an open field of projection. The artist is also planning a live-performance which can be ordered as well.

Austrian artist Oliver Hangl originally started his career in 1993 as an actor and stage designer for theatre, film and TV. Since 1995, he has been working as a visual artist, exhibiting throughout Europe. In much of Hangl's work the construction and perception of images and identity are explored in various media, such as performances, films, videos, music and - more recently - site-specific multimedia installations. In his projects, he regularly switches his position between artist, actor, producer or director, so that quite often, musicians, other artists, actors or craftsmen are commissioned to contribute. Oliver Hangl was born 1968 in Grieskirchen, Austria. Today he lives and works in Vienna.

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