Ben Elliot (b. 1994, France)
Metaone (Introduction), 2023
Video / 1:38 / loop / color / 3840 x 2160 px / stereo
Commissioned by Vive Arts & Esther Schipper
Edition of 3
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The file resolution is 3840 x 2160 px (4K UHD)
The short film, Metaone (introduction) is conceived to echo the format of a promotional campaign video. It highlights the different environments found in the XR work Metaone and also features Ben Elliot’s avatar. The video work is inspired by the aesthetics of digital campaigns made for social networks. It aims to promote Metaone, serve as an introduction by mirroring the VR experience and more generally demonstrate the future potential of the project.
About the exhibition
November 2nd - December 3rd, 2023
Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Ben Elliot (b. 1994, France)
Metaone (Installation), 2023
Installation / variable size
VR, headset box, curtain, wallpaper, video, chair, table
A curtain work and a printed tapestry, both with imagery taken from the aesthetics of the metaverse environment known as SHAPE, situate viewers. Elliot uses curtains as integral parts of his environments, where they can function as stand-alone artworks but also as sets for three-dimensional works and as dividing elements. A short film, Metaone (introduction), conceived to echo the format of a promotional campaign video, is screened on a table with an inset monitor. The video highlights Metaone’s different environments alongside Ben Elliot’s avatar. The video work is inspired by the aesthetics of digital campaigns made for social networks. It aims to promote Metaone for those unable to access the VR or exhibition, and serves as an introduction mirroring the VR experience, and demonstrating the future potential of the project. It also functions as a standalone artwork.
Nearby, visitors will find a chair entitled Xchair, inviting them to linger inside the Metaone project. Produced in collaboration with Nagami, the long chair is part of a series of elements that comprise a room created to offer a glimpse into the future. Cutting-edge design and technology make the chair the nexus between the digital and the physical, the use of 3D printing and recycled polymer aligning with values of environmental friendliness. Conceived in response to a new generation’s way of life, its ergonomics is developed for XR use, being on a phone, working on a computer, reading, eating, or simply relaxing, be it indoors or out.
The project is co-commissioned and presented by Vive Arts, a global arts initiative that empowers artists to experiment and innovate, using the latest digital tools and mediums, in partnership with Esther Schipper and organised with Olivier Renaud-Clément.
About the artist
Ben Elliot
Born in 1994, France
Lives and works in Paris, France
Ben Elliot is an artist who addresses contemporary themes such as the impact of emerging technologies, the rise of influence marketing, and the formation of socioeconomic trends. In his process, Elliot often incorporates leading companies, individuals, and objects to examine the concepts and values they embody.
About the gallery
Esther Schipper
Founded in 1989, Cologne, Germany
Operates in Berlin, Germany / Paris, France / Seoul, South Korea
Specializing in contemporary art and representing over 48 artists and estates, Esther Schipper has locations in Berlin, Paris and Seoul. The gallery is committed to presenting groundbreaking exhibitions by leading international artists. Mainly active in the primary market, the gallery represents its artists at all major international art fairs.
Throughout its more than three decades of exhibition practice, Esther Schipper has provided a platform for artists to present projects that mark novel territories, initiate important conceptual departures, and bring forth new bodies of works. Building on an early pioneering program the gallery initially specialized in fostering institutional support and finding markets for radically experimental and time-based works. Today Esther Schipper represents international artists across several generations working in all media, its program spanning established artists to newly discovered talents.
Esther Schipper is jointly owned by its founder Esther Schipper and Partner Florian Wojnar. Besides its locations in Berlin, Paris and Seoul, the gallery has representatives in Barcelona, Beijing, London, New York, Monaco/Nice, and Taipei.
About the commissioner
Vive Arts
Founded in 2015, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Vive Arts is committed to integrating ground-breaking art with cutting-edge technology, enabling artists to reinvent how we experience art and to build a richer digital art ecology. Vive Arts aims to explore the limitless possibilities of VR, XR, blockchains and digital art in all its forms. Vive Arts provides comprehensive VR content licensing services, enabling institutions and organizations to bring immersive and captivating virtual reality experiences to audiences worldwide.
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