Frission II by Lucas Berns
Frission is a series of animations by artist Lucas Berns. The title fuses the words ’friction’ and ’frisson.’ Drawing inspiration from these concepts, Berns invites visitors to explore an experience transcending traditional art.
For this drop at Leap Gallery, Lucas has created some OP art-inspired works. Traditional Op Art, short for Optical Art, is a visual art movement that emerged in the 1960s. It focuses on creating optical illusions through the skillful manipulation of geometric shapes, lines, and colors. The animations have been created with the PX12 app.
The collection is now live and open for bids at OBJKT: Frission II by Lucas Berns
Incorporating ’frisson,’ a French expression encapsulating ’aesthetic chills,’ this exhibition testifies to the emotional as well as meditative power of art. Frission takes viewers on a journey, into a world where art and emotion collide. The artist’s work channels the energy of ’friction,’ representing tensions, conflicts, and creative sparks. This friction catalyzes the ’frisson’ — where art’s aesthetics stimulate a response.
Through this collection of digital animations, Lucas Berns explores human experience’s dichotomies and harmonies. Works oscillate between chaos and harmony, tension and release, darkness and light.
Lucas has skillfully integrated the principles of traditional Op Art into his animations, creating a fusion of contemporary digital art with the movement’s rich history. Through a keen understanding of the perceptual interplay of these elements, Lucas brings his animations to life in a way that pays homage to the Op Art pioneers while infusing his own unique, modern twist. His animations exhibit a mastery of this art form’s principles, captivating viewers with optical illusions that appear to dance and evolve, all within the confines of a digital canvas.
Frission — where art sparks, sensations ripple, and perception’s boundaries dissolve.
About Lucas Berns
Lucas Berns is a multifaceted artist with experience from several techniques and artforms. He seamlessly works with physical, digital and performance art as well as music and often they merge together in his creative universe.
Though Lucas chose on a professional journey in the world of library sciences, he has always been deeply intertwined with the arts. This devotion to self-expression has led him to explore various artforms. Lucas studied photography in college, however video art, animations and soundscapes have become common tools through which Lucas communicates his ideas.
His creations are a mix of color, movement and sound, each piece offering a unique glimpse into the artist’s imaginative world. Whether it’s a digital artwork or a musical composition, Lucas captures the essence of human emotion and experience. Lucas’ work really shows the power of art that connects and inspires.
In 2019, Lucas started to explore glitch devices and dirty mixers. This was the beginning of an exploration of new expressions. Lucas’s initial experimentation was defined by a fearless use of these unconventional tools, where he soon learned to use the unpredictability of these devices for creative expression.
Since then Lucas has experimented with an array of gear and techniques. His commitment to experimentation remains at the heart of his artistic vision, shaping his distinctive body of work.
Lucas has recently found inspiration in the PX12 app, a versatile playground for crafting animations. He is particularly drawn to the meditative repetitions it offers, where the only boundaries are those of one’s own imagination. Drawing inspiration from audio equipment and early computer art software, PX12 provides an avenue for the creation of animations of different kinds. It’s a tool that lets Lucas craft a new form of animations, whether he’s syncing them to his soundscapes or focusing solely on looping sequences.
For the drop at Leap Gallery, Lucas has left the glitch scene for a while, to instead create some OP art-inspired works. Traditional OP Art, short for Optical Art, is a visual art movement that emerged in the 1960s. It focuses on creating optical illusions through the skillful manipulation of geometric shapes, lines, and colors.
Artists within this movement, such as Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley, aimed to engage viewers by producing artworks that appear to move, vibrate, or shift when observed, despite being static. This genre centers a fascination with the visual phenomena of perception and an exploration of the way the human eye processes patterns and colors to create the illusion of movement and depth.
Lucas has skillfully integrated the principles of traditional OP Art into his animations, creating a fusion of contemporary digital art with the movement’s rich history. Through a keen understanding of the perceptual interplay of these elements, Lucas brings his animations to life in a way that pays homage to the OP Art pioneers while infusing his own unique, modern twist to them. The shapes and forms seem to dance and evolve, all within the confines of a digital canvas.
Read our inteview with Lucas Berns about his art and life HERE.
The collection is now live and open for bids at OBJKT: Frission II by Lucas Berns
The gallery is happy to present Lucas’ new pieces on the digital platform Foundation at the end of September 2023. Find Lucas on social media to further explore his extensive portfolio and art practices: