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21 ottobre 2024 - 30 marzo 2025
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Parc des Ateliers, Luma Arles

33, avenue Victor Hugo, 13200 Arles
  • Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

LUMA Arles|Diana Thater: Practical Effects

Starting from June 01, 2024
21 ottobre 2024 - 30 marzo 2025
© Diana Thater Avec l’aimable autorisation de l’artiste et de David Zwirner.

Approaching the idea of post-apocalyptic life through a poignant and wistful lens, Practical Effects follows a primate-like biomimetic robot who, as the last being left on Earth, has been tasked with the care and upkeep of a garden filled with intricately sculpted topiary animals.

Devoid of human, animal, or mechanical contact, the colorful but weather-worn robot can only find companionship in the manicured topiary figures it cares for, putting forth a strange and tragicomic vision of how the organic and inorganic worlds might eventually collide and support one another in unexpected ways.

The title of the artwork Practical Effects refers to the cinematic art of creating analog special effects without the use of digital enhancements or other post-production techniques. Thater drew inspiration from the 1972 cult science-fiction film Silent Running, which explored the idea of robots as gardeners and gathered critical praise for its unique use of costumes and practical effects to characterize these possibly sentient beings. In turn, Thater collaborated with notable Hollywood costume house Michael Schmidt Studios to design and build the robot in Practical Effects. Thater and Schmidt employed similar strategies in the design of their films’ mechanical protagonist, bringing a crucial, irreplicable sense of humanity and soulfulness to its movements and gestures.

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Parc des Ateliers, Luma Arles
33, avenue Victor Hugo, 13200 Arles
  • Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur