Graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design
Selected by Emma Dean
Inexterior, 2006
Tomaz Kramberger's installation 'Inexterior' (2006) is first glimpsed from the outside of the building through a window - a chaotic assemblage of timber and discarded materials piled up a small purpose-built space. Within the space is a video playing on a monitor; the video documents Kramberger destroying a room, which was once part of a previous exhibition at the college. The materials that were left in this room after its devastation now fill the purpose-built space, together with some found wood.
When we enter the exhibition, we see a pristine white wall, and the space that Kramberger has constructed cannot be seen; it is hidden behind this wall. We do however hear the sound of the video, which, if you were to enter the space without seeing the installation through the window, playfully suggests that someone is moving heavy objects around behind the wall. The video has been cut into short sequences, which coincide with the rhythm of one hit after one breath. The result is a soundtrack of crashing, banging, grunting and heavy breathing as the artist becomes more and more physically exhausted. Viewed from the inside, the installation is full of suggestion and humour, drawing on our imagination of what is heard and not seen.
Tomaz Kramberger and Rodrigo Oliveira in Collaboration
Tomaz Kramberger and Rodrigo Oliveira have collaborated on a large-scale installation located in the entrance space of the Chelsea College of Art. 'Untitled (Tweety failure)' (2006), comprises an inverted umbrella-like canopy made of yellow scaffolding net, which stretches across the room. Its wooden structure is anchored to a central pillar with steel cables, and the netting held together with black cable ties. Hanging at the base of the canopy is a birdcage, with four yellow canaries, and their toy accoutrements.
Kramberger and Oliveira's site specific installation fills and illuminates the whole space with a warm yellow light, and its sculptural qualities are palpable, yet we sense there is something else going on here, something much more dark and unsettling. The caged birds, spiky black cable ties, and even the canopy itself, which hangs oppressively low over our heads, make us feel uneasy. There is a sense of containment, of isolation, which is troubling. The installation is at once intriguing and beautiful but uncomfortably strange.
(Emma Dean, 2006)
Qualifications and training
- 2006 Master of Fine Art, Chelsea College of Fine Art and Design, London
- 2003 Diploma (MA), Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2006 DAAD Scholarship for the Chelsea College of Fine Art and Design, London
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