Susanna Flock
I don’t exist yet
Video on Screen
Foyer, 1st floor
Continuous
Susanna Flock's I don't exist yet illuminates the ghostly nature of CGI and shows the tangible bodies behind the digital effects. I don‘t exist yet deals with stand-ins for computer-animated characters. Initially invisible to the viewer, these characters only come to life through mathematically simulated textures. As the central motif, Flock sheds light on the ghost costume of CGI. The invisible construction of digital effects are dissected to make the body of the seemingly bodiless tangible. Backstage, one still sees inanimate representatives, who only become subjects in digital reworking.
I don‘t exist yet is showcased as part of TecTales. TecTales is a multidimensional screening event at the exhibition space discotec in Vienna and presents significant positions in contemporary video art and creates a dedicated and communal space where moving images can be experienced in their full length. For the STWSTx48 festival, TecTales transforms into a 48-hour non-stop cinema spectacle and is delighted to present a selection of short movies by Johanna Bruckner, Susanna Flock and S()fia Braga. The works delve into speculative, queer and gentle narratives that investigate the intersection between humans and technology. They offer diverse perspectives on non-human perception and agency, reflecting on the complexities of consciousness and existence.
TecTales is curated by Tina Kult and presented in cooperation with discotec.
Susanna Flock, I don’t exist yet, AT | 2020 | 13’
Susanna Flock explores the relationship of the body to its technologically mediated environment, focusing on internet phenomena and the examination of digital technologies within the labor economies of late capitalism. Flock graduated from the University of Art and Design Linz and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Awards include the Arbeitsstipendium Vienna, the BMKÖS Paris Residency and the Viktor-Fogarassy Prize, among others. Her solo exhibitions have been featured in venues like Vašulka Kitchen, Brno, and Forum Stadtpark, Graz. Since 2020, she is part of the artist collective total refusal. https://susannaflock.net
Tina Kult (*1991, Semipalatinsk, KAZ) is a media artist based in Vienna. She studied Digital Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Experimental Film at UdK Berlin. She is co-founder of the collective T(n)C with Agnes Varnai, and her works explore socio-cultural morphologies, economic and social concepts of productivity, labor, and (self-)care. In 2022, she received the Marianne.von.Willemer Prize for Digital Media. At discotec she curates the screening series TecTales. https:/tinakult.com, https://tnctnctnc.com/
discotec is an exhibition space in the center of Vienna, dedicated to contemporary media and performance art. It provides an independent platform for emerging artists exploring the digital society and innovative exhibition formats. https://discotec.art