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Oli Sorenson
Born in 1969, in Los Angeles, United States of America
Lives and work in Montreal, QC, Canada
Climate Death
2024
BIO
Born in Los Angeles and having studied in Montreal, Sorenson gained international recognition during his time in London (1999-2010), presenting his first performances at the Institute of Contemporary Art (2003-06), Tate Britain (2006), the British Film Institute (2008-10), as well as at the ZKM (Karlsruhe, 2002), Mapping (Geneva, 2009), and Sonica (Ljubljana, 2012) festivals. Since returning to Montreal in 2010, his work has been presented at Monitoring (Kassel, 2012/17), Power Plant (Toronto, 2014), FILE (Sao Paulo, 2015/23), Unfold X (Seoul, 2023), and the Tangible Image Biennale (Paris, 2023).
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Video screen DEL, video HD, 100x100cm, 32min
Climate Death is a lecture performance inspired by Elizabeth Kubler Ross’s theories, addressing the five stages of grief experienced by a person confronted with death. These five stages are denial, bargaining, anger, depression, and acceptance. When applied to climate change crises, these stages transform into climate denial, climate depression, and so on. Dark and anxious, the subtitles take up too much space, and the added effects distort the sound and visual structure of the video. Despite all that, the lecture’s content calls us to action and thus retains the potential for hope.
