Jonas Nilsson [se] -
Just like any other morning, 1:12, 2007
Everyday boredom is quickly filled with games and toys. You
can go to the movies, the theater, the mall, the gym, the
internet, or buy ourselves a new gadget – one you don’t
need, but hopefully will ward off boredom. The problem is,
these are only temporary fixes. Soon, boredom returns and
you start looking for something else to replace your feelings
of boredom.
There is another kind of boredom that can't be fixed with
toys and gadgets. It's a kind of existential boredom: you
do your job or live your life on auto pilot. Sure you are
successful, you earn a good living, everybody loves you. But
it all seems empty. You do what you do without joy, without
excitement. Meaning and purpose seem to have been drained
out of life. You do what you need to do, but inside, it all
feels futile.
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Jonas Nilsson [se]
- High on diesel & gasoline, 1:44, 2007
The Beautiful People Syndrome is what happens when you watch
too much TV. You begin to believe, or expect, regular people
to act, behave, and look like television stars. Does TV imitate
life, or does life imitate TV, or does both happen? Television
images portray people as beautiful, smart, wealthy, quick-witted,
creative, instantly compelling, and exciting. Television wouldn't
be worth watching, for those who watch, if it wasn't unbelievably
interesting.
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Jonas Nilsson is a Swedish artist who mainly works with video.
His video works have been shown widley across Europe and north
America. He is currently interested in issues surrounding
the stressful and high tempo the western way of life and increasing
amounts of time and money spent by individuals on becoming
successful, and the consequences of such achievements. Jonas
studied art in England and Japan between 1995 and 2000 after
several years studying art in Sweden.
Jonas is also the projectmanager of Art Video Screening which
is an event and platform focusing on video art and aims to
support artists work. He is represented by The Art Video Gallery
in London, UK.
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www.jonasnilsson.org
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