Verirrte Zeiger
Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin•Apr 12, 2025 — Jun 08, 2025
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In his artistic practice, Julian Irlinger uses a variety of media—including sculpture, photography, drawing, and animation—to explore the interrelationships between art and cultural macronarratives, as well as their connection to the present and the future. For his solo exhibition Verirrte Zeiger at the Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin, Irlinger engages with the history and technique of hand-drawn cel animation and reflects on the mediation of dominant historical narratives in pop cultural entertainment in relation to the Kunstverein’s spaces.
For this, Julian Irlinger draws on the technique of cel animation, which was prevalent in the 20th century and named after the transparent foils (cels) on which cartoon characters were animated. This animation technique, used by major studios such as Warner Bros. and Walt Disney, was based on the principles of economic management and broke down the work process into numerous steps. This streamlining made...More
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Verirrte Zeiger
Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin•Apr 12, 2025 — Jun 08, 2025
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In his artistic practice, Julian Irlinger uses a variety of media—including sculpture, photography, drawing, and animation—to explore the interrelationships between art and cultural macronarratives, as well as their connection to the present and the future. For his solo exhibition Verirrte Zeiger at the Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin, Irlinger engages with the history and technique of hand-drawn cel animation and reflects on the mediation of dominant historical narratives in pop cultural entertainment in relation to the Kunstverein’s spaces.
For this, Julian Irlinger draws on the technique of cel animation, which was prevalent in the 20th century and named after the transparent foils (cels) on which cartoon characters were animated. This animation technique, used by major studios such as Warner Bros. and Walt Disney, was based on the principles of economic management and broke down the work process into numerous steps. This streamlining made...More