J Tobias ANDERSON

Delusion Disillusion Art vidéo, Animation | dv | black and white | 3'33'' | Sweden | 2008 © A dark forest, a never-ending road, two men with differing ideas on how to approach a problem. The outline of Delusion Disillusion is quite simple, but the possibilities of interpretation are more complex. Are the men referring to a matter of more personal character, or are they speaking of something much more general? The contrast between the density of the trees in the beginning of the video and the final, almost clear-cut forest, gives us one hint towards a possible solution. J. Tobias Anderson was born in 1971 in Gothenburg, Sweden and currently lives and works in Stockholm. His artistic education includes the University College of Arts (Crafts and Design, Art Department, 1993-98) and the Royal College of Art (Video Department, 1998/99), in Stockholm. He is a video artist, focusing mainly on animation and appropriation art. He experiments with a number of different techniques, such as video, painting, illustration, sound and music: he has created around 30 video works between 1997 and 2006. They are often based on cinematographic issues, and deal with visual or audiovisual explorations. His work has been screened at numerous occasions, in exhibitions and festivals worldwide. We may find his works at several art institutions, among them the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the IVAM, Institut Valencià d`Art Modern. Artist statement Exploration with the starting point in material that somehow can be considered generally well known is usually the base for the processes i usually work with. American movies, mainly produced in Hollywood during the 30s, 40s and 50s are the sources I use to find material, which I then remodel into new shapes, depending on the question at issue. Recycling or appropriation art are termes that often are used nowadays to describe this procedure. List of exhibition, filmography... See: http://hem.bredband.net/jtobias/infoindex.html