The next episode of the cycle OGR YOU will see the participation of the Berlin-based artist Gernot Wieland.

On June 5, at 6 pm, he will perform his lecture Depression in Animals, a title that embodies the deadpan register, poised between irony, disenchantment and scientific analysis, with which Wieland delivers his stories. Depression in Animals is an on-going work that continues to change its shape, each time re-written for the occasion.

This is how the artist describes it: “Depression in Animals deals with the construction of human identity determined by the exclusion of the other - namely the animal. Accompanied by projections, the lecture examines the relationship between humans and animals and its history of control and power, while it digs into personal, absurd yet touching stories about zebras, monkeys, dogs, and potatoes.”

The talk will be in English, with consecutive translation in Italian.

Gernot Wieland was born in Horn, Austria, in 1968, and lives and works in Berlin. In 2017 he won the MOSTYN Open 20 award. He has recently participated in Superdeals, Brussels (2018); "Ideal-Types" at HE.RO, Amsterdam (2018); "Survival Kit 9", LCCA – Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (2017); "The Museum of Modern Comedy in Art – A Proposal", Projects Art Centre, Dublin (2017); "con_text", Lettrétage, Berlin (2017); "Body Luggage – Migration of Gestures", Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (2016/17); (2016/17); "Hello, my name is…“…and…“Yes, I´m fine.“, Lumiar Cité, Lisbon (2016); "Random Walks", Konsthall 44 Møn, Askeby (2016); "Liberty Taken", An international festival of arts in the city of Bombay, Bombay (2015); "Midsummer Night Scream", De Appel arts centre, Amsterdam (2015).