Olivier Ratsi
Biography
Olivier Ratsi is a visual artist based in Paris (France). He is known as one of the co-founders and former members of the artist collective AntiVJ. He has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions around the world, notably in Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Madrid. He regularly presents his work in numerous festivals and events in France and abroad. Mainly known for his immersive installation work involving spatial perception, Olivier Ratsi presents objective reality, time, space and matter as intangible information. He creates works that lead the viewer to question their own interpretation of reality. He uses devices for deconstructing spatio-temporal landmarks and operates a break with objective reality.
About the artwork
Discrete Time is a project first researched between 2005 and 2007. Made from animated images (digital chronophotography), the deconstruction process explores the temporal dimension of digital media. By decomposing moving elements into several shots while keeping a faithful representation of fixed elements, these photographs become an assemblage of different moments in the evolution of the same subject over a given period of time. Instead of representing a single moment, these photographic works translate the temporal plurality into a fixed image. As in his general artistic practice, Discrete Time is not intended to trigger emotions or disturb the senses. Rather, it is a catalyst of points of view, cultural and psychological references.
Artworks by the artist
