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Olivier RATSI

The work of Olivier Ratsi posits objective reality, time, space, and matter as intangible notions of information. He designs works that lead the viewer to question their own interpretation of reality.

During the creative process, Olivier Ratsi implements devices for deconstructing spatio-temporal landmarks by relying on the technique of anamorphosis. He cites the codes of conical perspective, a method of visual representation theorized by Leon Battista Alberti in his treatise De Pictura (1435).
The geometric images he develops are not immediately visible: it is necessary to move through space to find the vanishing point that will reveal the work...
Thus, this anamorphosis tests the viewer's ability to deconstruct / reconstruct what they perceive, by questioning what they think they see and what they actually see.
The subjective experience of the viewer is fundamental in Olivier Ratsi's work because it is what allows one to apprehend the work in a phenomenological way. The world around us is not as it appears to us at first glance.

This study of the phenomena of perception led Olivier Ratsi to the project Perspicere. By attempting to freeze the vanishing point in a sculpture, Perspicere materializes this mental space and accounts for this ocular phenomenon.

Biography

Olivier Ratsi was born in. He lives and works in Paris.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

  • 2021 / Happy are the celebrated, for they will let the light pass through…, Paris, France
  • 2020 / Vanishing Points, Marseille, France
  • 2018 / Point(s) de Vues(s), Dostyk Plaza, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 2016 / Pêle-Mêle, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA
  • 2015 / Anarchitecture Tokyo, Atsukobarouh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2012 / Parcourir les Puzzles, Anarchitecture Evry, Evry, France
  • 2011 / Anarchitec3, Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

  • 2020 / Human Learning, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
  • 2019 / Fiction and Fabrication, MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018 / Paysage.Fiction, Tetris, Le Havre, France
  • 2018 / The Clock of the Time Traveler, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
  • 2018 / Anamorphose, Le Puzzle, Thionville, France
  • 2016 / Variation Paris Media, Art Fair, Paris, France
  • 2016 / 9 Lights in 9 Rooms, December 5, 2015 to May 8, 2016, D-museum, Seoul, Korea
  • 2015 / Jardin d’Hiver de L’ososphere, from November 12 to 15, 2015, Strasbourg, France
  • 2015 / Variation Paris Media, Art Fair, Paris, France
  • 2015 / Towards an architecture of light, La Chartreuse, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
  • 2014 / Transient Festival, Saint Ouen, France Siana Festival, Evry, France
  • 2014 / Art Beijing, Beijing, China
  • 2014 / Display, Festival Croisement, K11 Art Village, Wuhan, China
  • 2014 / Wonder of Fantasy, National Taiwan Museum
  • 2014 / Micro Macro – Exit Festival, Créteil, France ExpoDataCenter, Paris, France
  • 2013 / Night Time – DREAMREAL, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
  • 2013 / D-Light, Accenture Bercy, Paris, France
  • 2012 / BIAN – International Digital Arts Biennial, Quebec, Montreal, Canada
  • 2012 / SHOW OFF, ART FAIR, Paris, France
  • 2010 / Graphic Design Festival, Breda, Netherlands
  • 2009 / Futur en Seine, Fonderie de l’Image, Bagnolet
  • 2006 / Fragment Urbain, Mediaruimte, Brussels
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