Bio

Ari Dykier is an award winning visual artist based in Poland, who has presented his work on an international stage since 2013.  Having attended Camerimage Film School, Ari began his career as a filmmaker, thereafter his passion for animated works led him to focus on creating animated visuals in a “collage technique”, taking reference from the tradition of surrealism and art itself.   Taking inspiration from artists like Jan Lenica, Bruno Schulz, Brothers Quay, vintage illustrations, childhood fairytales, movies, paintings, books, and music he incorporates a wide range of art genres and digital techniques into his audiovisual, projection mapping, fulldome, AR, game, and 360° installation works - to recreate the experience of dreams and oneiric reality.

Ari frequently takes a part in international festivals and events, and has received multiple awards including;

Second Prize Mapsion Projection Mapping Competition Finland 2023, 3rd place Jury Prize - 1 Minute Projection  Mapping Tokyo 2023, Best Art Film  - “Dream” at Dome Under Festival Melbourne 2023, Finalist - 1 Minute Projection Mapping Tokyo 2022, Special Prize - Novi Light Sensation Mapping Contest Italy 2019, Second Prize - M3D Andrano Mapping Contest Italy 2018, Second Prize - Live Mapping Contest LPM Rome 2018, Second Prize - Vj Battle Kyiv Lights Festival 2018, First Prize - Vj Contest at Art Vision Contest Moscow 2019.

Synopsis

“Flight” relates to what we can see - and reflections from our ‘inner world’.

Flight is an animated surreal work created in the technique of collage.  It recreates the experience of a dream, where reality blends with images from the subconscious, giving viewers a unique insight into a world that reaches behind our daily life.  The symbolic characters appearing in animation are hoped to trigger the audience to derive their own meaning and personal association to the work - just as there is a “scene behind every door”, there are emotions behind every experience.