“I think that if I have real artists in front of me, they don’t need advice,” says ORLAN and goes on to say that artists need to “situate themselves in the world and in art and take their share of the responsibility.”

ORLAN (b. 1947) is an internationally recognized French artist. She is not tied to any one material, technology, or artistic practice. She uses sculpture, photography, performance, video, 3D, games, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics. ORLAN is a significant figure of body art and ‘carnal art,’ a term she defined in her 1989 manifesto. ORLAN has participated in numerous biennales, including at the Venice Biennale seven times. Her work has been featured in several exhibitions all over the world, including shows such as Centre George Pompidou, Paris; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; LACMA, Los Angeles; MADRE Museum, Napoli; Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona; Busan Museum, Busan, and many more.

ORLAN was interviewed by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 2022 in connection to CHART Art Fair

Camera: Jakob Solbakken
Produced and edited by: Roxanne Bagheshirin LærkesenCopyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2023

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