The 5th VH AWARD: Riar Rizaldi “Fossilis”
The 5th VH AWARD: Riar Rizaldi “Fossilis”
The 5th VH AWARD: Riar Rizaldi “Fossilis”
The 5th VH AWARD: Riar Rizaldi “Fossilis”
About the Video
Riar Rizaldi, who was born in Bandung, works as an artist and filmmaker whose 'Fossilis' is an oneiric cinema, a phantasmal science-fiction prognosis, an essay film and a tale of the verdant inferno of technological legacy, resonating the complexity of electronic waste in the 21st century of Asia where most of the discarded electronics in the planet is dumped and buried. With live-action sets built from waste materials, scenes from flea market of cannibalization parts, 3D assets and environment from abandoned projects, and AI images generated from unused images from a personal dataset, 'Fossilis' is not just a narrative and representation on e-waste but also engages in the process of film production that involves both digital and physical waste objects as means of artistic practice.
Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, 2023. Provided by HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP VH AWARD
About the Program
The VH AWARD supports emerging media artists who engage with the context of Asia through an online residency program and exhibitions of commissioned artworks across various global platforms. Initiated in 2016, the VH AWARD has been discovering and cultivating promising artists to share their artistic experiments and amplify their voices on diverse issues. The award encourages artists who push the boundaries of audiovisual artworks to reflect on how we understand ourselves and one another in relation to the past, present and future. To amplify and share their voices with broader communities, the artworks commissioned by the VH AWARD have been exhibited in partnership with various art institutions and platforms, including the Vision Hall of Hyundai Motor Group in Yongin, South Korea; the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria; the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara in Jakarta, Indonesia; the National Arts Council in Singapore; the House of Electronic Arts in Basel, Switzerland; and the Elektra Virtual Museum.