Aircondition
2006 · 2m · Austria
Directed by Oliver Laric
Genres: essay film, experimental
Tones: absurdist, contemplative
An early video work by Oliver Laric, uploaded by Seventeen gallery, exploring questions of reproduction, appropriation, and the circulation of images — characteristic concerns of Laric's post-internet art practice.
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Laric's work is a serious entry in the post-internet canon, and this early piece — distributed through Seventeen gallery — documents the conditions of its own circulation, which is the defining gesture of his practice; the institutional provenance gives it archival weight.
Two minutes of early Oliver Laric, 2006. Before he was the Oliver Laric people cite. Historical interest is real; cinematic stakes are minimal.
Two minutes of early Oliver Laric posted by Seventeen gallery — the gesture of distributing a gallery work on Vimeo IS the work, more or less. Interesting if you care about post-internet art's circulation logic; opaque otherwise.