October 19, 2012




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SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION AT ZIP'S FUSION   

LOS ANGELES OCT.2012










Artist Statement  for Zip Fusions Patio Installation               
Zip Fusions patio is a conceptual, site specific installation treated as a theatrical stage.                                                                                                           Crossing interdisciplinary mediums integrateing fine art with set design into spatially enhancing and practical solutions.                                                                                                                                   

This work is designed to be experienced in a flow creating a dialogue with the participant, entering through a corridor into the universe on the patio, built with raw boards, painted canvasses, light and color.                                                                                                                                                
The movement within the installation can be thought of as an architectural echo of the body. Intending to mimick movement in order to create a dialogue with Zip's participating guests.                 
The visuality of the work provides an aesthetic that coincides with the feelings of energy, vitality and peace.

Artist Bio                                                                                                                                       
Birgitte Moos is an Artist from Copenhagen, Denmark now based in Los Angeles. Birgitte works in an unconventional, interdisciplinary manner to combine art, theory and function. Utilizing the vibrant space and surroundings of the City Birgitte exhibits visual art works often focusing on the totality of an environment reflecting all aspects of her art and vice versa.                                                       

Holding an MFA in set design from Denmark’s Royal College of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Birgitte also studied painting and set design at The Berlin University of Arts under Achim Freyer who recently staged The Ring Cycle at the L.A Opera.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
As a Visual Artist and Set Designer, Birgitte has been involved in numerous projects in theater, short films, videos, performances and gallery exhibitions internationally, also lecturing in set design, amongst projects such as Zentropa Productions by Danish Filmdirector Lars von Trier.
In 2011 Birgittes set design for the staging of ‘The Arsonists’ at The Odyssey Theaer in Los Angeles was nominated as set design of the year by LA Weekly. In 2012 Birgitte was selected from thousands as a finalist in the Saatchi Gallery’s Open Call for Abstract Art.









  

October 12, 2012

The 32nd ANNUAL L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees - Los Angeles: SET DESIGN of THE YEAR in LA Birgitte Moos: 'The Arsonists'                                   LINK TO The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees - Page 1 - Stage - Los Angeles - LA Weekly

 

 
THEATER IN LOS ANGELES: THE BEST OF 2010  AWARD. STAGE AND CINEMA
http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/01/01/best-la-theater-2010/     'The Arsonists' at the Odyssey Theatre. Set Design by Birgitte Moos




September 15, 2012

‘Which work of art can I become?



 Does one look at the artwork, or a self-portrait of the artist, or both? The photo takes its starting point in the recognizable – albeit staged self- representation of an artist. The self-portrait plays on the duality inherent in that we both see glimpses of the artist's authentic physical appearance and the artistic interpretation.
The artist and the artwork melts together into one and creates an association between work and artist, where one become curious to find the artist's private self.                                                         This focus at self representation itself is also a reflection of that our concept of identity has evolved through the 20th century. We are more multi cultural  oriented now than in the past and therefore freer in creating self-representations.

The self-portrait reflects this development.

September 10, 2012

April 12, 2012




Saatchi Abstract Showdown Finalist 2012 - London

'SugarShock' paintings selected as 1 of 10 finalists for the Saatchi Gallery Showdown Open Call for exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery in London     Link to Saatchi Finalists




April 10, 2012

'LOL-land'; 'SugarSchock'



Set design as Art exhibition at Højbygaard Sugarfactory in Lolland, Denmark by Lolland Museum. September 2011   
 
WORK: 'SugarShock' 

This installation is site-specific and relates to the location's original purpose - sugar manufacturing. It incorporates painting. The paintings form a three-dimensional space that allows the viewer to step inside and interact with the room. It operates with visual and installation art, while it engages the audience. I call this interdisciplinary scenography. 

Previously classical theater performances used painting as backdrops as a power to create the illusion of a realistic space, but the quaint expression here combines realism and abstraction. 
One could say that the factory's reality is, that we consume sugar, and the installations abstraction is a visual commentary on the effects sugar triggers in humans. Synthetic realism expressed abstractly as a comment to a mass consumer product.

The paintings becomes a metaphor for how sugar fragments human mental fluctuations. Sugar, in different forms from rafinated white sugar to artificial sweeteners, is as addictive as alcohol, cigarettes and drugs.  
The addiction is very real! Research indicate that sugar may be similar to morphine and heroin in its ability to to increase opioids in our brain that produce pleasure.
At first one get an initial 'sugar high' as the sugar queues serotonin. The beginning of the infamous 'sugar crash' which causes one to crave even more sugar.

The food industry understands the power of sweetness and consumerism rooted in addiction. Sugar is one of the major dietary components. Corporate powerhouse companies executes an insidious sweetening of foods. The food companies give highly refined sugars aliases, and artificial sweeteners seems as a cure for addiction, but they are just another drug! 

A range of health problems is caused by both chemical sweeteners and highly refined sugar. It can cause hormonal imbalances, 180 degrees vision flips, diabetes and cancer. In 2005 WHO warned that deaths from diabetes may increase by 80% in 2015. Sugar can influence central nervous system activity and affects attention span and memory. It creates behavioral changes such as mood swings, depression and hyperactivity.  

Sugar is whats gone wrong with the diet of industrialized nations: a diet gone mad!


   'SugarShock' paintings and wooden background 285X305cm, 2011









'SugarShock'  wooden background 285X305cm, 2011
                                                                                                          
                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                       


Four paintings, 'SugarShock', 2X2 meters/ 86.5 X 86.5 Inches,  September 2011










March 09, 2012

Just been invited by the 7th BERLIN BIENNALE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 2012 
to participate in ArtWiki: Open Data for the Arts. ArtWiki builds upon the principles of the Open Web applied to the art world.

February 13, 2012







Featured in Downtown Muse LA 
                                                     http://downtownmuse.com/post/17636081451/birgitte-moos

February 04, 2012

NEW PAINTINGS 2012 -   Click on image to enlarge