This November, the objkt.one platform will participate in Paris Photo, one of the world’s most prestigious international photography fairs, celebrating its 27th edition with a return to the iconic Grand Palais venue. With the support of Transcultures, objkt.one will highlight a series of works by Lorna Mills, including a new large-scale installation featuring her signature animated GIFs.
Lorna Mills, an internationally renowned artist, plays a key role in shaping our understanding of Internet subcultures and the visual language of memes, making her an essential figure in the digital program of Paris Photo. Mills often appropriates GIFs from the dark net, transforming and decontextualizing them into pixelated silhouettes that stand out against vivid color blocks, emphasizing their iconic and often unsettling visual qualities. These subjects are trapped in perpetual, anxious loops—sometimes isolated, sometimes integrated into digital collages combining elements from various sources.
In an era where GIFs and memes are often co-opted by reactionary political movements to spread (mis)information, Mills’ art reclaims them, creating subversive digital mini-narratives that reflect the absurdities and idiosyncrasies of human behavior.
All works will be available for purchase as NFTs on the Tezos blockchain.
Lorna Mills (Ca)
Lorna Mills is a Canadian artist from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, renowned for her work at the intersection of analog and digital media. Since the 1990s, she has been actively exhibiting internationally, exploring various mediums such as photography, Super 8 film, painting, and, more recently, animated GIFs, which she incorporates into immersive installations.
She studied digital media at the University of Toronto and worked as a children’s game programmer before specializing in video editing for digital platforms. Notable exhibitions include “Dreamlands” at the Whitney Museum, “Yellowwhirlaway” at the Museum of the Moving Image, and “Sea Change” at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami. In 2016, she also presented “Mountain Light/Time” in Times Square, New York.
Mills is recognized for her pivotal role in exploring Internet subcultures and the visual language of memes. She reappropriates GIFs found online, transforming them into works where pixelated silhouettes blend with vivid color blocks, creating loops that are both iconic and unsettling. Her work questions human behaviors and the absurdities of the digital age.
Objkt
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Since its inception in early 2023, Objkt.one has been a leading destination for high quality digital art, focusing on building bridges and forming partnerships with museums, art institutions, galleries and curators.
Informations
- 07 > 10.11.2024
- Grand Palais
- 75008 Paris, France
- parisphoto.com
Production
- Objkt
- Curator : Kika Nicolela
- With the support of Transcultures and the European Pepinieres of Creation
