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Ollie Palmer

wetenschap & techniek , performance , installatie , film , Experimenteel , Digitale technologie , Digitaal

Ollie Palmer is an artist, designer and film-maker. His work critically questions control systems and contemporary use of technology, and takes place across installations, films and performances. Projects often include collaborations with scientists, dancers, and other people outside of his own discipline, and themes include the Absurd. From 2015-16 he was Pavillon artist-in-residence at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He now lives and works in Rotterdam.

Trees of Rotterdam (2024) - A breathtaking journey through the skies, streets and trees of Rotterdam, telling the story of past, present, and possible futures of trees in the city. Filmed in a single shot, captured using high-tech point cloud scanners, the film takes the audience through the cityscape from a series of unique viewpoints. The camera moves over, under, and through the urban environment, whilst narrative from experts (an architectural historian, a tree advocate, a naturalist and the city council tree expert) offers insights into how the urban and natural can co-exist. In these times of environmental catastrophe, what can we learn from nature that already surrounds us? This film asks the audience to question their own relationship with trees: When's the last time you really looked at a tree? A collaboration with Alice Ladenburg. See treesofrotterdam.com for more information.
Time Frames (2023) - A performative essay-film about the ways in which time frames our experience, perception, and the bounds of what is, and what isn’t possible. Made using a rules-based constrained creative process, the film ties together three perspectives – that of a fictionalised Italo Calvino, a petulant contemporary artist, and the archetypical joker (as described by Alan Watts), to create a new collage which reflects on our present relationship to time. This is the second film (after Network/Intersect) to be created using the Reflexive Scripted Design process I developed during my residency at Palais de Tokyo, and described in detail in my PhD. In this process, two textual elements, and one contextual elements, are combined via a series of absurd rules, which are followed at every stage of production to create a piece of work. See olliepalmer.com/time-frames for more information.
Network / Intersect (2016) - A palindromic film about the production of fake news and fake profits, and the impacts they have on the people who produce them. W and M see the world differently. For W, a low-level government propagandist, objective reality is an illusion. Truth exists on a gradient and can be manipulated and distorted. For M, a financial executive, the world of business is a large image-making machine. Every business deal is just another set of mirrors or lenses to position. These abstract worldviews creep into the lived experiences of both characters, with unexpected consequences. This movie is experimental. It is a mirror, playing forwards and backwards simultaneously, the characters' worlds intersecting halfway through. The production techniques were adopted from real Russian propaganda agencies, covertly filmed in false locations, Paris standing in for Seoul. The entire form of the film and its production accurately reflect the characters' abstracted worldviews. This is the first film to be made using a process called REFLEXIVE SCRIPTED DESIGN, developed as part of my doctorate thesis work at the Bartlett School of Architecture. The entire film was created using a set of four rules ensuring that the final form reflects the film's subject. 512-second loop on dual projectors. DIRECTION, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND SCRIPT Ollie Palmer ACTORS Patrick Ng Hokyoung Im TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MODEL MAKING Justine Emard PRODUCTION SUPPORT Chloe Fricout Justine Hermand SCRIPT CONSULTANT Abi Palmer COMMISSIONED BY Gahee Park and Fabien Danesi Seoul Museum of Art / Palais de Tokyo Shot on location in Seoul 2016 Made during my residency at Pavillon Neuflize OBC, the research lab of the Palais de Tokyo
Nybble (2013) - In 1984, philosopher John Searle asserted that there can be no such thing as “hard” artificial intelligence through the now-famous Chinese Room argument. Searle asked whether a non-Chinese speaker, locked in a room with nothing but a book with instructions for translating one Chinese symbol into another – and given the task of translating Chinese symbols passed to him on slips of paper – could ever truly learn Chinese. The answer, according to Searle, is “no”. There is no difference between the process that the person in the Chinese room is following (i.e. manipulating symbols according to a pre-fixed routine) and the information transfer in computer systems. Thus, Searle argues, if the man in the Chinese room could never learn the meaning of the symbols he is changing, no computer could truly learn the meaning of the symbols it is manipulating, and thus, there can be no “hard” artificial intelligence. More about the Chinese Room This installation is a diagram of Searle’s argument; a human-computer, comprised of four dancers and an unseen controller, parse a coded message. Only the public, who are given code-sheets, can read the message over the course of a 45-minute dance. In computing terms a “Nybble” is half a byte of information – that is, four bits (or dancers). https://olliepalmer.com/nybble
Rules of the Game (2018) - A short film made for the 2018 Sci Fi London 48 hour film challenge, in which participants have to write, shoot, and edit a sci-fi film in 48 hours. Each participant is given a title, a prompt and an action, and a line of dialogue, and have to use these to write, shoot, and edit a film in 48 hours. My prompts were: Title: Rules of the Game Prop and action: A character opens a sealed padded envelope and pulls out a card. Line of dialogue: The count for this stuff is off the chart, probably best you don’t get it on your skin. My 5-minute film is about Larry Hammer in the midst of an experiment, and his relationship with Tony.
Scriptych (2016) - A couple attempt to communicate from afar using an interface which translates their movements into words. Structured across three micro-acts, Scriptych takes precision in choreography to an extreme, embedding sensors on dancers which measure their movements and control both the music and the words spoken aloud, in real time. The couples’ communication becomes increasingly fragmented as the piece develops, posing questions about the location of meaning in messages and movements, and the impossibility of communicating true intent. Live performance at the Opera Garnier de Paris, 18 June 2016. 3 x 3-minute choreographed sequences for 2 dancers. Live performance. Custom computer interface with machine-learnt three-dimensional word database. Made during my residency at the Palais de Tokyo, in collaboration with Opera Garnier de Paris, in collaboration with the incredible choreographer Simon Valastro. See https://vimeo.com/181473306 for a making-of video by INA. == Credits Concept, script Ollie Palmer Simon Valastro Choreography Simon Valastro Design, technology Ollie Palmer Dancers Eve Grinsztajn Mathieu Contat Thanks Thanks to the Opera National de Paris / www.operadeparis.fr Director Stéphane Lissner Dance director Benjamin Millepied Palais de Tokyo / palaisdetokyo.com INA / ina.fr

Trees of Rotterdam at ArtxIFFR

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Locatie: Worm
In samenwerking met: Worm, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Trees of Rotterdam presented as part of the Art x IFFR programme, with directors' Q&A session. Trees of Rotterdam is a collaborative project with Alice Ladenburg.

treesofrotterdam.com

Trees of Rotterdam

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Locatie: LantarenVenster, Cinerama, Islemunda
In samenwerking met: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Alice Ladenburg

Trees of Rotterdam - a short film made with Alice Ladenburg - premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Screened 5 times, with 4 directors' Q&A sessions.

www.treesofrotterdam.com

Time Frames

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Locatie: V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media
In samenwerking met: V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media

A performative essay-film about the ways in which time frames our experience, perception, and the bounds of what is, and what isn't possible. Made using a rules-based constrained creative process, the film ties together three perspectives – that of a fictionalized Italo Calvino, a petulant contemporary artist, and the archetypical joker (as described by Alan Watts), to create a new collage which reflects on our present relationship to time. 25-30 minute long performance film with live dialogue.

https://olliepalmer.com/time-frames/

Residency: Raise Your Voice, Baltan Labs, Eindhoven

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In samenwerking met: Baltan Labs

Not So Far From Around Us

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Locatie: Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, AKV St Joost

Producer; show of work from 2 modules I teach at St Joost (Scripted Design & Parallel Worlds)

Landscape Mode

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Locatie: Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, AKV St Joost

Producer; show of work from Scripted Design module I teach at St Joost

https://v2.nl/events/film-exhibition-landscape-mode

Residency, V2_ Institute of the Unstable Media, Rotterdam

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In samenwerking met: V2_ Institute of the Unstable Media

Summer Sessions residency at V2_ Rotterdam

https://v2.nl/archive/people/ollie-palmer

Scriptych film screening

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Locatie: Royal Academy
In samenwerking met: Film | Making | Space research group at the Bartlett School of Architecture

Scriptych film screened at Film | Making | Space event at the Royal Academy, London

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/film-making-space

Scriptych Performance

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Locatie: Opera Garnier
In samenwerking met: Opera Garnier de Paris & Palais de Tokyo

Performance of Scriptych, produced with Simone Valastro, at Opera Garnier de Paris. Part of La Rumeur des Naufrages, co-produced by Opera Garnier and Palais de Tokyo.

https://olliepalmer.com/scriptych

86000 film / installation at Palais de Tokyo

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Locatie: Palais de Tokyo
In samenwerking met: Palais de Tokyo

86400, a 24-hour film, installed as part of Do Disturb Festival at Palais de Tokyo

https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/do-disturb-0

24fps Psycho performance / film at Do Disturb Festival

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Locatie: Palais de Tokyo
In samenwerking met: Palais de Tokyo

Experimental performance film 24fps Psycho shown at Do Disturb Festival at Palais de Tokyo

https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/do-disturb-0

Network / Intersect film installation

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Locatie: Seoul Museum of Art
In samenwerking met: Seoul Museum of Art & Palais de Tokyo

Exhibition of Network / Intersect, commissioned by Palais de Tokyo and Seoul Museum of Art, as part of exhibition Urban Legends.

https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/45154/urban-legends/

Residency, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

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Locatie: Palais de Tokyo
In samenwerking met: Palais de Tokyo

Residency at Pavillon Neuflize OBC (research lab of the Palais de Tokyo)

https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en/page/ollie-palmer

Exploring Virtual Control workshop

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Locatie: Olympic Park & Westfield Shopping Centre
In samenwerking met: Max Colson

This workshop, held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, serves as an introduction to the mechanics of control within privatized public spaces. Participants will learn about the way in which privatized public spaces are planned, built and monitored, before devising their own ways of mapping and documenting private public spaces. The workshop is organized by UCL Urban Laboratory, and led by the artists and built environment researchers Max Colson and Ollie Palmer, as part of a curren

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab/events/exploring-virtual-control

CRM-114 installation

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Locatie: Royal Institute of British Architects
In samenwerking met: Max Colson

Installation CRM-114 installed in Virtual Control - Security and the Urban Imagination (artist Max Colson) at Royal Institute of British Architects

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