Gelitin

gelitin is a group of four male artists from Vienna, Austria. The group was formerly known as gelatin and changed their name in 2005. They are known for creating sensational art events in the tradition of Relational Aesthetics, often with a lively sense of humor.

Among their projects are a gigantic plush toy: a 60m tall pink rabbit on Colletto Fava (near Genova, Italy). The structure is 60 meters long and intended to remain there until 2025. In November 2005, the group had a show at Leo Koenig, Inc. in New York, for which they erected a barrier blocking off one half of the space, locking themselves inside for one week with Miami photographer Naomi Fischer and the group’s German therapist (Gabriel Loebell), then asking visitors to insert items that they wanted copied into an opening in the barrier. Members created slap-dash replicas of the objects, returning them through another opening.[1] The project proved very popular, and had visitors waiting in lines to interact with the "machine" throughout its run.

Works

Previous works include:

• Tantamounter 24/7, 2005, a “gigantic, complex and very clever machine” created at Leo Koenig, Inc., Nov. 16-Nov. 23, 2005
• Hase (Rabbit / Coniglio), 2005, a 60m giant pink rabbit on Colletto Fava (near Genova, Italy).
• Zapf de Pipi, 2005, a sculpture of frozen Urine as contributed by the visitors at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
• Otto Volante, 2004, a Roller Coaster inside a Gallery in Milano, Italy
• Arc de Triomphe, 2003, a scandalous 7m tall fountain picturing an urinating figure made of 2000kg Plasticine in Salzburg, Austria
• Armpit, 2002, an human elevator of Body Builders for the Liverpool Biennial
• Schlund, 2001, an human scaffolding of fat people at the Bavarian Theatre, Munich / Germany
• Die totale Osmose, 2001, a swamp surrounding the Austrian Pavillion at the Venice Biennale
• The B-Thing, 2000, a small temporary balcony on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center.
• Weltwunder, 2000, a hidden underwater cave - only accessible by diving through a pipe 5 meters deep - as part of the Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany

External links

• Gelitin.net homepage
• pictures about the pink rabbit project
• Ananova article on 'Hase'
• "Raging Within the Machine" by Ben Davis, Artnet Magazine
• NYT article on eco-parties, includes a gelitin contribution
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