source: ilikethisartnet
“NICOLAS CECCALDI recently produced a series of high-end custom-made surveillance camera prototypes made of melted children’s toys. These biomechatronic dispositives have fantasies of total war inscribed on the surface of their plastic shells and keep a wakeful eye on reality. By plugging them onto video display devices (e.g. a video projector), CECCALDI performs and investigates the continuous feedback dialogue of surveillance apparatuses, built environments and individuated creativity.” – We Find Wildness
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source: tanyaleighton

Nicolas Ceccaldi’s (born 1983 in Montreal, Canada) new series of high-end custom-made biomechatronic cameras are made from plastic children’s toys and constantly feed live video signal into networks of surveillance and control. He graduated from the Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main and lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include Prepare to Live, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö (2011); Fashions in the Middle Ages, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt am Main (2010). Recent group exhibitions include based in Berlin, Kunst-Werke, Berlin (2011); Venus in a Shell, Fluxia Gallery, Milan (2011); Join the Black Mamba, Karma International, Zurich (2011); Tarot, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (2011); The Smart Frrridge, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (2011).
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source: basedinberlin

Nicolas Ceccaldi (born 1983 in Montreal, Canada) graduated from the Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main. Recent solo exhibitions include Garbage World, with Morag Keil, Mark & Kyoko, Berlin (2011); Prepare to Live, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö; Fashions in the Middle Ages, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt am Main (2010). Recent group exhibitions include Join the Black Mamba, Karma International, Zurich; The Smart Frrridge, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (2011).