The Work
The multimedia work Entropic Clonography follows the journey of Xier, a hybrid bird creature, through solar power plant in a desert landscape. Hovering in the “free” space of virtuality, guided only by fate, Xier moves through a field of heliostats. Navigating the reflective maze Xier hypotheses a more sustainable use of resources mitigating the ethical tensions between technological progress and the manipulation of “nature”. With a dynamic overlay of found footage and computer-generated sequences Johanna Bruckner explores intimacy, hybrid life forms, and models of care beyond binary systems.
Conceived as a polyphonic installation, the interplay of video, sound, sculpture and performance reflects the potential of media to not only drive technological progress but also trigger ideological transformations and manipulations.
Johanna Bruckner developed Entropic Clonography in 2024 during her residency at iMAL (BE).
The artist
Johanna Bruckner's work is characterised by a multimedia approach in which the performance of the human body plays a predominant role. In her installations that formally present a combination of technological machinery and organic bodies, videos generated with computer graphic sofware regularly appear accompanied by sound compositions, The artist deals with themed related to biopolitics, feminism, queer theory and posthumanism.
Bruckner's work has been shown internationally. Selected exhibitions include: Berlinische Galerie, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Mediterranea Biennial 19, ICA Milano, the CAC Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneve, Galerie EIGEN+ART Lab, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, transmediale 2020 and ZKM.
Credits
Concept, editing, filming, sound, text, post-production: Johanna Bruckner
3D Renderings, animations: Ann-Kathrin Kluss
Subtitles: Antonia Zeitlinger
Project Management: Pia Zeitzen
Research Assistant: Carolin von den Benken
Dance: PARTS, to be specified
Objects: to be specified
Support: EMAP / iMAL, CERN, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, The Cultural Section of the City of Vienna, The Cultural Department of Lower Austria, Bundesländeratelier Paliano, Austrian Federal Ministry for Art & Cultural Affairs.
EMAP collaborator: Ann-Kathrin Kluss
Funded by the European Media Arts Platform (EMAP) and hosted by iMAL (2024).
Images: courtesy of the artist and Ruth Bruckner.