October 19, 2012

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.









  

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