Clara Lezla

Contribution to Wxtch Craft Zine - Spring 22

Contribution Wxtch Craft Zine - Spring 22

With graphic designer Selina Landis, I developed the entire identity campaign  for the Open Day 2022 of the KABK. (concept, development, execution). We gathered different types of elements and materials (scan, paintings, ceramics, plaster) to create the symbolic visual of a hatching egg. Our aim was to push the limit and expectation of what an identity is and to experiment with different types of mediums that I personally use in my practice. Hence the ceramic typeface.

VideoStill Sketches, stories and maps are the main tools Walt Disney had at his disposal to inagine and create his worlds. In this video, Clara Lezla explores the promises and imagery hidden in these maps. Based on an interview with french geographer Jean-Francois Staszak, she presents an anthology of the map as a ‘portal’ to other worlds. Using the map as a vehicle for dreaming about and telling stories, the video questions the notion of simulacra (copies with no real originals) as the most important component of our reality.

Exhibition Picture. Sketches, stories and maps are the main tools Walt Disney had at his disposal to inagine and create his worlds. In this video, Clara Lezla explores the promises and imagery hidden in these maps. Based on an interview with french geographer Jean-Francois Staszak, she presents an anthology of the map as a ‘portal’ to other worlds. Using the map as a vehicle for dreaming about and telling stories, the video questions the notion of simulacra (copies with no real originals) as the most important component of our reality.

Here: artwork created for the project For her master's thesis at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences, together with the Association of Vienna Youth Centers (Bos5), Theresa Scherrer created a platform where the viennese youth could express their opinion freely. Scherrer used the simple but brillant idea of the pizza box as a medium with the lid as a place for messages, to spread these opinions throughout the city. With the young Viennese students, she created more than 50 designs from August to December 2020. Each of them represented a personal attitude, a story, or an appeal to society. She also asked different designers and artists (myself included) to illustrate some of these "life advices". The results of this collaboration were silkscreened on pizza boxes and, in cooperation with surrounding pizzerias, will be distributed throughout Vienna. All the pizza boxes and interview conductes were showed during an exhibition at the independant art space in Vienna Weloveschool https://weloveschool.org/info CREDITS ALLGEMEIN Initiiert von: Theresa Scherrer Team Bos5: Laura Einiö-Wunderer (Leiterin), Apollonia, Clemens, Georg, Kemal und Lea Bilder: Mafalda Rakoš 3D-Renderings: Samuel Snyder Rynearson Sound: Joshua Gottmanns Programmierung: Thomas Scherrer Designer*innen: Aet (16), Aliz (15), Alnizio (14), Angelo (12), Arton (20), Baran (20), Belal (14), Bogdan (16), Ecrin (16), Edon (18), Elisa (18), Emin (15), Firaz (13), Gaia (14), Gülcan (19), Hakan (21), Halim (15), Ibo (19), Igor (13), Ivana (19), Kadir (19), Klemens (17), Luis (19), Mahmoud (21), Mankaran (14), Meli (20), Melisa (18), Misin (18), Ortsi (21), Rado (23), Raffael (14), Riesa (13), Safa (12), Seta (12), Starzzy (19), Tijana Cox (23), Vanesa (14), Vuk (14), uvm. Unterstützende Designer*innen: Auke, Carmen, Clara, Colin, Khaled, Lewin, Nina, Oli & Ash, Pien, Rebecca, Selina, Yana und Zahari Betreut von: Univ. Prof. Matthias Spaetgens, Univ. Prof. Paulus Dreibholz und Univ.-Ass. Mag.art. Lisa Schultz, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Unterstützt von: Wiener Jugendzentren, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Bezirkskulturförderung Margareten, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Partner-Pizzerien: Ristorante Gondola, Pizzeria Margareta, Pizzeria Voliamo und Pizza Service Totti (Update ausständig) Titel Design: Hakan (21)

Here: pizza boxe used in viennese pizzeria For her master's thesis at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences, together with the Association of Vienna Youth Centers (Bos5), Theresa Scherrer created a platform where the viennese youth could express their opinion freely. Scherrer used the simple but brillant idea of the pizza box as a medium with the lid as a place for messages, to spread these opinions throughout the city. With the young Viennese students, she created more than 50 designs from August to December 2020. Each of them represented a personal attitude, a story, or an appeal to society. She also asked different designers and artists (myself included) to illustrate some of these "life advices". The results of this collaboration were silkscreened on pizza boxes and, in cooperation with surrounding pizzerias, will be distributed throughout Vienna. All the pizza boxes and interview conductes were showed during an exhibition at the independant art space in Vienna Weloveschool https://weloveschool.org/info CREDITS ALLGEMEIN Initiiert von: Theresa Scherrer Team Bos5: Laura Einiö-Wunderer (Leiterin), Apollonia, Clemens, Georg, Kemal und Lea Bilder: Mafalda Rakoš 3D-Renderings: Samuel Snyder Rynearson Sound: Joshua Gottmanns Programmierung: Thomas Scherrer Designer*innen: Aet (16), Aliz (15), Alnizio (14), Angelo (12), Arton (20), Baran (20), Belal (14), Bogdan (16), Ecrin (16), Edon (18), Elisa (18), Emin (15), Firaz (13), Gaia (14), Gülcan (19), Hakan (21), Halim (15), Ibo (19), Igor (13), Ivana (19), Kadir (19), Klemens (17), Luis (19), Mahmoud (21), Mankaran (14), Meli (20), Melisa (18), Misin (18), Ortsi (21), Rado (23), Raffael (14), Riesa (13), Safa (12), Seta (12), Starzzy (19), Tijana Cox (23), Vanesa (14), Vuk (14), uvm. Unterstützende Designer*innen: Auke, Carmen, Clara, Colin, Khaled, Lewin, Nina, Oli & Ash, Pien, Rebecca, Selina, Yana und Zahari Betreut von: Univ. Prof. Matthias Spaetgens, Univ. Prof. Paulus Dreibholz und Univ.-Ass. Mag.art. Lisa Schultz, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Unterstützt von: Wiener Jugendzentren, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Bezirkskulturförderung Margareten, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Partner-Pizzerien: Ristorante Gondola, Pizzeria Margareta, Pizzeria Voliamo und Pizza Service Totti (Update ausständig) Titel Design: Hakan (21)

Here: at Welovescool Vienna For her master's thesis at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences, together with the Association of Vienna Youth Centers (Bos5), Theresa Scherrer created a platform where the viennese youth could express their opinion freely. Scherrer used the simple but brillant idea of the pizza box as a medium with the lid as a place for messages, to spread these opinions throughout the city. With the young Viennese students, she created more than 50 designs from August to December 2020. Each of them represented a personal attitude, a story, or an appeal to society. She also asked different designers and artists (myself included) to illustrate some of these "life advices". The results of this collaboration were silkscreened on pizza boxes and, in cooperation with surrounding pizzerias, will be distributed throughout Vienna. All the pizza boxes and interview conductes were showed during an exhibition at the independant art space in Vienna Weloveschool https://weloveschool.org/info CREDITS ALLGEMEIN Initiiert von: Theresa Scherrer Team Bos5: Laura Einiö-Wunderer (Leiterin), Apollonia, Clemens, Georg, Kemal und Lea Bilder: Mafalda Rakoš 3D-Renderings: Samuel Snyder Rynearson Sound: Joshua Gottmanns Programmierung: Thomas Scherrer Designer*innen: Aet (16), Aliz (15), Alnizio (14), Angelo (12), Arton (20), Baran (20), Belal (14), Bogdan (16), Ecrin (16), Edon (18), Elisa (18), Emin (15), Firaz (13), Gaia (14), Gülcan (19), Hakan (21), Halim (15), Ibo (19), Igor (13), Ivana (19), Kadir (19), Klemens (17), Luis (19), Mahmoud (21), Mankaran (14), Meli (20), Melisa (18), Misin (18), Ortsi (21), Rado (23), Raffael (14), Riesa (13), Safa (12), Seta (12), Starzzy (19), Tijana Cox (23), Vanesa (14), Vuk (14), uvm. Unterstützende Designer*innen: Auke, Carmen, Clara, Colin, Khaled, Lewin, Nina, Oli & Ash, Pien, Rebecca, Selina, Yana und Zahari Betreut von: Univ. Prof. Matthias Spaetgens, Univ. Prof. Paulus Dreibholz und Univ.-Ass. Mag.art. Lisa Schultz, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Unterstützt von: Wiener Jugendzentren, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Bezirkskulturförderung Margareten, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien Partner-Pizzerien: Ristorante Gondola, Pizzeria Margareta, Pizzeria Voliamo und Pizza Service Totti (Update ausständig) Titel Design: Hakan (21)

Commissionned artwork by artist RJM van Heyden for the release of her music tape « Throw Down the Gauntlet » on her feminist label Hunger! Commissionned artwork by artist RJM van Heyden for the release of her music tape « Throw Down the Gauntlet » on her feminist label Hunger! The artwork appears like a frieze recalling medieval ornaments or historical hieroglyphes. The long format creates a timeline displaying different scenes of creatures preparing for war. It is an interpretation of the ambient sound called dungeon synth that you can hear on the tape.

"Big Ceramic Show", organized by Jan Hoek in SexyWorld. For Jan’s exhibition, I continued my reflection about ceramic as a medium that narrates and materializes stories. Here I mixed the tapestry/ ornamental style you can find on medieval tapestry onto a slate.

\Flag for Trixie Flag Show exhibition. I wanted to question the flag as a symbol of identification and revendication. Trixie being a fluid space where a lot of different artwork are being produced by its members and a lot of projects are organized, I wanted to illustrate it by making an image that could not be crystallized into one thing. I created an illustration of a shadow mysterious like a cartoon silhouette, giving the flag a humoristic and spooly tone, playing with the imagination of the viewer and asking him to relate from different childhood cartoon memories. Uncertain, ever changing...and fun!

The papier mache bench sculpture is inviting the viewer to enter the realm of fantasy, fun fair and travel. It takes its reference into an old funfair moving ride and ressemble a faery cave woman refuge. Installation work for Graduation Project consisting of a video work and a papier mache bench sculpture. With her video installation work, “Hypnosis of the Stolen painting - The Narrators ”, Clara lezla questions the world as a staged reality through three chapters unfolding as the inception of three «world- gates». These distinct, yet visually echoing «scenes » recall the principle of the portal, the “trompe l’oeil”, the facade, the Hollywood set, the movie-staged landscapes and first and foremost the Funfair Ride. Each world gate open up on different mechanism related to world building; from the popular belief of the Circus tent to the iconic object of the map, passing by the immersive technique of oral storytelling...The video dwells into the fabricated stories that build our society and challenge the notion of fiction as main component of our reality. Helped by interviews conducted with a Circus Artist, and d Dungeon and Dragon Player, Lezla researches the different ways in which the creation of fiction influence our perception of our environment (landscape, architecture and leisure) and how fiction is performed in our daily life. The camera guides the viewer through the limbo of these stages, helped by a script and a soundscape enriched with popular references. The video work demonstrate a capacity for details through animated allusion borrowing from the real cinematic world as well as user interface phenomenons.

The papier mache bench sculpture is inviting the viewer to enter the realm of fantasy, fun fair and travel. It takes its reference into an old funfair moving ride and ressemble a faery cave woman refuge. Video work part of the installation for my Graduation Project consisting of a video work and a papier mache bench sculpture. With her video installation work, “Hypnosis of the Stolen painting - The Narrators ”, Clara lezla questions the world as a staged reality through two chapters unfolding as the inception of three «world- gates». These distinct, yet visually echoing «scenes » recall the principle of the portal, the “trompe l’oeil”, the facade, the Hollywood set, the movie-staged landscapes and first and foremost the Funfair Ride. Each world gate open up on different mechanism related to world building; from the popular belief of the Circus tent to the iconic object of the map, passing by the immersive technique of oral storytelling...The video dwells into the fabricated stories that build our society and challenge the notion of fiction as main component of our reality. Helped by interviews conducted with a Circus Artist, and a Dungeon and Dragon Player, Lezla researches the different ways in which the creation of fiction influence our perception of our environment (landscape, architecture and leisure) and how fiction is performed in our daily life. The camera guides the viewer through the limbo of these stages, helped by a script and a soundscape enriched with popular references. The video work demonstrate a capacity for details through animated allusion borrowing from the real cinematic world as well as user interface phenomenons.

Here Still Image of my Video work part of the installation for my Graduation Project consisting of a video work and a papier mache bench sculpture. Here: Video still of « Hypnosis of the Stolen Painting - The Narrators » With her video , Clara lezla questions the world as a staged reality through two chapters unfolding as the inception of three «world- gates». These distinct, yet visually echoing «scenes » recall the principle of the portal, the “trompe l’oeil”, the facade, the Hollywood set, the movie-staged landscapes and first and foremost the Funfair Ride. Each world gate open up on different mechanism related to world building; from the popular belief of the Circus tent to the iconic object of the map, passing by the immersive technique of oral storytelling...The video dwells into the fabricated stories that build our society and challenge the notion of fiction as main component of our reality. Helped by interviews conducted with a Circus Artist, and a Dungeon and Dragon Player, Lezla researches the different ways in which the creation of fiction influence our perception of our environment (landscape, architecture and leisure) and how fiction is performed in our daily life. The camera guides the viewer through the limbo of these stages, helped by a script and a soundscape enriched with popular references. The video work demonstrate a capacity for details through animated allusion borrowing from the real cinematic world as well as user interface phenomenons.

First experiment with clay and its imprint/ print possibilities.

Golems! 3 incarnation of giggling beings and hunting memories recalling childhood puppets, mainstream symbols and characters. Reflection about the medium of the clay as important part of a message in an artwork; representing the circle of life. Fairy tales Golems!

Golems! 3 incarnation of giggling beings and hunting memories recalling childhood puppets, mainstream symbols and characters. Reflection about the medium of the clay as important part of a message in an artwork; representing the circle of life. Fairy tales Golems!

Golems! 3 incarnation of giggling beings and hunting memories recalling childhood puppets, mainstream symbols and characters. Reflection about the medium of the clay as important part of a message in an artwork; representing the circle of life. Fairy Tales Golems!

Animated Artwork collage for Saskia Van Stein