PIERRE ENGELHARD
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Pierre is a Swiss/Peruvian London-based new media artist and interactive designer.

He uses emerging technologies and merges them with analogue tools to deliver new forms of art that respond to contemporary demands set by the post-digital era we are living in. 

Concerned with our rapidly changed and changing relationships with digital technologies and art forms, Pierre’s work is a mix between embodied media and mixed reality; between visual, haptic, auditory, and kinaesthetic media experiences, to achieve new perceptions through audiovisual experiences.

Ultimately, Pierre’s work spans installations, performances, moving images and photography.

Pierre graduated with a master’s in Digital Direction at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and is currently a lecturer in immersive media, mixed reality and motion graphics at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and Brunel University.

Pierre’s work has been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery (London), Cromwell Place (London), IKLECTIK (London), OneRoom Gallery (London), RichMix (London), Milton Court (London), Ugly Duck (London), Bright Festival (Leipzig), Media Art Nexus (Singapore), SomaRumor (Sao Paulo) and Munich Creative Business Week (Munich).




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02 ON HOLD - HOME
2023





Format: Installation
        Film (2m30s)      
On Hold is an audiovisual installation that presents an aesthetic of idealised souvenirs and queer narratives.

The artwork consists of a 6-meter-long and 2-meter-high inflatable structure, designed to resemble a disc suspended in the air. This suspended structure acts as a platform to represent and embody intimate memories. It signifies that whatever unfolds within this installation exists in a suspended state, frozen in time, allowing viewers to contemplate the profound impact of ephemeral connections and the long-lasting memories they create.

Within the installation, a rotating projector casts a visual projection onto its surface. The visuals feature two boys perpetually running in a counter-clockwise motion, their hands intertwined in an eternal bond. It embodies the cyclical nature of these relationships, transcending linear narratives and societal expectations.

In addition to the installation and projection, On Hold showcases an experimental short film that serves as an introduction and contextualisation of the experience. 

Link to the short film.


This work is supported by Ugly Duck.