Ed Fornieles

Ed Fornieles

BornNationalityBased In
1983BritishLondon
Biography

In his practice, Ed Fornieles investigates the impact the virtual world has on physical reality, and vice versa. By blurring the distinctions between the online and the offline, his installations, performances and video works mirror social networks and often use them as artistic tools. His practice involves creating elaborate social scenarios which depict the stark difference between people’s real-life personalities and their online personae. For instance, his 2011 project titled Dorm Daze involved creating characters, inspired by American college students, on Facebook which then interacted with each other for three months, thereby forming connections and subjective experiences. The artist’s live performances similarly orchestrate social settings, often placed within the young person’s coming of age context, to which the audience is invited to actively participate and role-play. By drawing on social media interactions and placing them into the real world, Fornieles creates uncanny observations on people, relationships and the condition of the twenty-first century. ...

Selected Artworks
Adventureland
Ed FornielesAdventureland, 2011
202 x 231 x 54cm
Contagion
Ed FornielesContagion, 2011
150 x 125 x 230cm
Glock
Ed FornielesGlock, 2011
102 x 41 x 20cm
Orca
Ed FornielesOrca, 2011
219 x 230 x 77cm
A Happy Ending
Ed FornielesA Happy Ending, 2021
107.5 x 107.5 x 5cm
Bad Tales
Ed FornielesBad Tales, 2021
53 x 62.5 x 4cm
My Dad Is a Sausage
Ed FornielesMy Dad Is a Sausage, 2021
107.5 x 107.5 x 5cm
The Here After
The Rapture
Ed FornielesThe Rapture, 2016
20 x 20 x 15cm
Tulip Fever
War Room
Ed FornielesWar Room, 2015
85.1 x 58.4 x 1.3cm
wtFOCK
Ed FornieleswtFOCK, 2022
107.5 x 107.5cm
Our flag means death
Let's Be Cops
Biennals
Athens Biennale2018 - Athens
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