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The Cultural Frontline: Manuel Rossner: An artist in a digital playground

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Manuel Rossner: An artist in a digital playground

16/05/2020 GMT

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German artist Manuel Rossner on the infinite artistic possibilities of the virtual world

At a time when many art galleries have closed their doors, Berlin’s König Galerie has released an app that allows you to experience an exhibition like never before. German artist Manuel Rossner tells Tina about his project Surprisingly This Rather Works and the infinite artistic possibilities of the virtual world.

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Can you put on a fashion show without models? Or create a product line with no real materials? One group trying to answer those questions are Digi-Gxl, a collective of international women, trans, inter sex and non-binary digital artists. Two of their artists talk to the BBC’s Sophia Smith Galer about creating work in the world of 3-D art, design and animation.

What is it like to feel isolated and left out in the cold? In her interactive show called Elision performed remotely from her living room in Glasgow, the Icelandic artist Gudrun Soley Sigurdardottir explores otherness and ideas of belonging.  She tells Tina how as an immigrant living in a post Brexit climate of division and disconnection, her light hearted attempts to stay warm and connected in her performance, take on a deeper meaning.  

Presented by Tina Daheley

Image: Manuel Rossner, Surprisingly This Rather Works, Exhibition view
image credit: König Galerie, 2020

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