Jonas Ersland

Germany

Jonas Ersland (Norway, 1991) is a digital artist based in Berlin. With a background in programming as well as traditional videography, his work is located in the intersection between the analogue and the digital, using scenes from the ordinary which is then translated to a digital space through custom software. In his work process he constantly switches between the physical and the digital, looking for conceptual or narrative forms of logic hidden in the ordinary which can only be observed through digital means. The result is a body of work exploring the ‘digital supernormal’. 

Jonas' work has been exhibited internationally with the likes of Cadaf Digital Art Fair, Paris, DEMO Festival, Amsterdam, the Istanbul Design Biennale, and more. He has also had solo shows in Oslo, Stavanger, Berlin and Copenhagen.


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Adrenaline

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Adrenaline is a video series of fingerprints on energy drinks. The fingerprints have been carefully extracted from the energy drink can using traditional forensic techniques, before being reapplied to a 3d-object of the same can. The result is a series of images revealing the iconic shape of the aluminium can only visible through the sweaty palms that once touched it for the few minutes it took to consume its content. As an object designed to deliver only a single caffeine kick before being disposed of, the lifespan of an energy drink aluminium can is as brief as it is intense.

By combining fundamentally analog and digital techniques in a whole new way, the project enables us to observe a layer of human activity otherwise not visible to us. We know that our relationship with single-use items are at the center of many of the issues we're facing today. But what does a single use actually look like?

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video

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portrait

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01:03

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2021

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