The Weight of a Choice

source: saatchiart

I’m a Mexican artist living in the United Kingdom and so as a result of a transient lifestyle, I have been led to re-evaluate and reflect on my position both as an individual and as an artist. My practice aims to build a subtle conversation between performance and sculpture, by blurring the boundary between the static reputation of sculpture and the narrative character of video.

My work revolves around a succession of playful studies, which build upon the associations between the unpredictable nature of the objects I use and the method in which I choose to animate them. I look at primordial artifacts, games and toys, altering their mechanization and form to change their functionality and question their practicality or shift their purpose. In doing so I have grown increasingly concerned with themes of impermanence and uncertainty in everyday life, which I address through performance.

These videos often portray a mechanic performance repeated over time, creating a cyclical quality. This rhythm is intended to put the viewer into a trance like state, so that they may enjoy the video for any period of time often wondering where it ends to loop back to the beginning. The performances are often unpredictable, progressing with a degree of experimentation, and conceived through the process of play.
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source: sculptureshock

Lascaris’s practice aims to build a subtle conversation between performance and sculpture, by blurring the boundary between the static quality of sculpture and the narrative character of video. His work revolves around a succession of playful studies, which build upon the associations between the unpredictable nature of the objects he uses and the method of animating them. By taking primordial artefacts or games and toys and altering their mechanisation and form, he changes their functionality and questions their practicality. His work is increasingly concerned with themes of impermanence and uncertainty in everyday life, which he addresses through performance.

Pablo de Laborde Lascaris (b.Mexico City 1985) obtained a First Class Honours in his BA (Hons) in Fine Art from University College Falmouth. He has recently received the International Emerging Artist Award and the Royal British Society of Sculptors’ Bursary Award and undertaken a residency at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham. He lives and works in London.
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source: tincollective

I have come to the realization that what I find most enticing about working in mixed media is its ability to transform our material connotations into a new poetic language. Like an alchemist, I seek to create an interesting courtship between ideas, a game that is both vast and exciting.

As a result of a transient lifestyle, I have been led to re-evaluate and reflect on my position both as an individual and as an artist. To do this I have set about on a succession of playful studies, which build upon the associations between the unpredictable nature of the objects I use and the method in which I choose to animate them. My work aims to produce a cycle or exchange between ideas by conveying a subtle conversation between performance and sculpture, which is suggestive of time and motion.
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source: galeriego

“Ma pratique artistique a pour but de construire une conversation subtile entre la performance et la sculpture, en troublant la frontière entre la réputation statique de sculpture et le caractère narratif de la vidéo. Mon travail tourne autour d’une succession d’études espiègles, qui se construisent sur les associations entre la nature imprévisible des objets que j’utilise et la méthode par laquelle je veux les animer. Je me base sur des artefacts primordiaux, des jeux et des jouets, en en changeant la mécanique et la forme pour en changer la fonctionnalité et mettre en doute leur aspect pratique ou modifier leur but. Dans cette démarche, ma préoccupation s’est orientée sur les thèmes de caractère éphémère et de l’incertitude dans la vie quotidienne, toutes choses que j’aborde dans mes performances et mes vidéos. Au cours des dernières années, j’ai cherché à explorer les arts vivants en approchant le récit par le biais de scènes uniques en cadre fixe. Mes vidéos dépeignent souvent une performance mécanique, répétée au fil du temps, créant une sorte de qualité cyclique. Ce rythme est destiné à mettre le spectateur dans un état de transe, pour qu’ils puissent apprécier la vidéo à n’importe quel moment, tout en le laissant se demander s’il la prend à son commencement ou à sa fin. Les performances sont souvent imprévisibles, progressant avec un certain degré d’expérimentation et conçues comme un processus de jeu.”