Inès Kivimäki , Main Character, 2024.
Seven-channel video, curved monitors, raspberry pies, video loop, no sound, 1.5 inches x 8 feet diameter.
The multi-channel video Main Character is organized in the shape of a circle; it positions the viewer outside of its’ periphery and proposes an impossible omni-perspective. Filmed with a 360-camera two weeks prior to the opening of the exhibition, it incorporates footage of the site it is displayed in, mimicking a live security camera apparatus.
Inès Kivimäki
Born in 1990, France, is a Finnish - Algerian artist that lives and works in Los Angeles. She received an MFA from UC Riverside and a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Beginning with research, her projects expand through a variety of mediums: her work is interested in emerging and ancient technologies, device dependency and its implications to self- image. ” Kivimäki’s solo and group exhibitions include the Culver Museum in Riverside (2024), Fulcrum Press (2024), Phase Gallery (2023), Human Resources (2023), Gallery 2A, Art Center DTLA, Roberts Projects in Los Angeles and Arkadia Gallery in Helsinki. “ She currently co-runs project space Timeshare in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.