Elisabeth Schmirl

In her work, Elisabeth Schmirl confronts today's flood of digital images by extracting a selection of digital self-portraits from the internet, feeding them into her own archive and reproducing them as paintings or as prints. She traces the visual attributes and typologies (facial expression, gesture and posture) which could constitute the specific character of a young, usually female generation. Elisabeth Schmirl co-founded and now runs the cultural initiatives "periscope" (Salzburg) and "batolit" (Vienna) – two artist-run spaces which explore questions of working methods in contemporary art.

Elisabeth Schmirl will direct a three-week course from 10 to 29 August 2015.

(video only in German)