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.