Oliver Ressler
@oliverressler.bsky.social
Artist and filmmaker, works on economics, democracy, migration, climate breakdown, forms of resistance and social alternatives. www.ressler.at
When the Paris agreement was introduced ten years ago, there was no shortage of criticism. How can you come up with the idea to limit global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels with an agreement relied on voluntary national pledges and lacking strict enforcement of emissions cuts?
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
When the Paris agreement was introduced ten years ago, there was no shortage of criticism. How can you come up with the idea to limit global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels with an agreement relied on voluntary national pledges and lacking strict enforcement of emissions cuts?
Thanks to @marjolijndijkman.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation for the The Journal of the Commodity Frontiers Initiative. “Carbon Capture: ‘Let there be cracks’” can now be downloaded for free from this link: journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
June 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thanks to @marjolijndijkman.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation for the The Journal of the Commodity Frontiers Initiative. “Carbon Capture: ‘Let there be cracks’” can now be downloaded for free from this link: journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
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"Here it's also useful to make a distinction between property damage (which protesters in the USA in our era have done from time to time) and harming living beings (which is largely something done by law enforcement in these demonstrations)."
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Here it's also useful to make a distinction between property damage (which protesters in the USA in our era have done from time to time) and harming living beings (which is largely something done by law enforcement in these demonstrations)."
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Issue 7 of Commodity Frontiers is live on our new website! Contributors explore carbon frontiers through power, conflict, and sovereignty. journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
May 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Issue 7 of Commodity Frontiers is live on our new website! Contributors explore carbon frontiers through power, conflict, and sovereignty. journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu...
Will be on the train for the next 9 hours on my way to the conference “Lifelines: Re-Imagining Infrastructures between Culture and Construction“ and related screening of my film “The Desert Lives” in Braunschweig.
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May 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Will be on the train for the next 9 hours on my way to the conference “Lifelines: Re-Imagining Infrastructures between Culture and Construction“ and related screening of my film “The Desert Lives” in Braunschweig.
www.tu-braunschweig.de/fileadmin/Re...
www.tu-braunschweig.de/fileadmin/Re...
Presentation of a Romanian version of the contested “Oil Spill Flag” from 2020 at RAD Art Fair Sculpture Park, Bucharest. The flag has a popular Norwegian predecessor. Further information: www.ressler.at/oil_spill_flag/
In addition some of my placards “Still Standing in the Wreckage” are presented.
In addition some of my placards “Still Standing in the Wreckage” are presented.
May 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Presentation of a Romanian version of the contested “Oil Spill Flag” from 2020 at RAD Art Fair Sculpture Park, Bucharest. The flag has a popular Norwegian predecessor. Further information: www.ressler.at/oil_spill_flag/
In addition some of my placards “Still Standing in the Wreckage” are presented.
In addition some of my placards “Still Standing in the Wreckage” are presented.
The publication “Dog Days Bite Back” published on the occasion of my solo exhibition at Belvedere 21 will be presented at Open House at Belvedere 21, Vienna, on 27.04.2025 at 2:00 PM. Please join me in a conversation with Belvedere’s chief curator Luisa Ziaja.
www.belvedere.at/event/open-h...
www.belvedere.at/event/open-h...
April 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The publication “Dog Days Bite Back” published on the occasion of my solo exhibition at Belvedere 21 will be presented at Open House at Belvedere 21, Vienna, on 27.04.2025 at 2:00 PM. Please join me in a conversation with Belvedere’s chief curator Luisa Ziaja.
www.belvedere.at/event/open-h...
www.belvedere.at/event/open-h...
Join me in calling on our European leaders to break free from Trump, Putin and fossil gas: act.350.org/sign/europe-...
Europe: Break free from ‘TrumpGas’!
First PutinGas and now TrumpGas: Europe's addiction to fossil gas is chaining us to the whims of authoritarian leaders. Gas is also expensive and disastrous for our climate. We should replace it with ...
act.350.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Join me in calling on our European leaders to break free from Trump, Putin and fossil gas: act.350.org/sign/europe-...
Glad to be part of this show curated by Branka Bencic
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Behind the Tide - Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti
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April 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Glad to be part of this show curated by Branka Bencic
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The planned expansion of Porsche’s Nardò Technical Centre threatened the very survival of the last forest left in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. The Bosco d’Arneo, with centuries-old oaks was at risk of being logged to make space for nine new test tracks for electric vehicle testing.
April 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The planned expansion of Porsche’s Nardò Technical Centre threatened the very survival of the last forest left in the Puglia region of Southern Italy. The Bosco d’Arneo, with centuries-old oaks was at risk of being logged to make space for nine new test tracks for electric vehicle testing.
Looking forward to meeting you at the opening of “Fixing Futures. Planetary futures between speculation and control” at Museum Giersch at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main on April 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
The exhibition will be open to the public till August 31, 2025.
www.mggu.de/ausstellunge...
The exhibition will be open to the public till August 31, 2025.
www.mggu.de/ausstellunge...
March 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking forward to meeting you at the opening of “Fixing Futures. Planetary futures between speculation and control” at Museum Giersch at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main on April 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
The exhibition will be open to the public till August 31, 2025.
www.mggu.de/ausstellunge...
The exhibition will be open to the public till August 31, 2025.
www.mggu.de/ausstellunge...
Happy to be part of this endeavor!
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March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy to be part of this endeavor!
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kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk/en/udstillin...
A few images from “Contours of the Coming World” I did in collaboration with Claudia Schioppa, who carried out the amazing 20 ink drawings.
Images from the show “Imagine Climate Dignity”, still open till 09.06.2025 in Künstlerhaus Wien.
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Images from the show “Imagine Climate Dignity”, still open till 09.06.2025 in Künstlerhaus Wien.
www.ressler.at/contours_of_...
March 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A few images from “Contours of the Coming World” I did in collaboration with Claudia Schioppa, who carried out the amazing 20 ink drawings.
Images from the show “Imagine Climate Dignity”, still open till 09.06.2025 in Künstlerhaus Wien.
www.ressler.at/contours_of_...
Images from the show “Imagine Climate Dignity”, still open till 09.06.2025 in Künstlerhaus Wien.
www.ressler.at/contours_of_...
Today in Lecce, Italy
March 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today in Lecce, Italy
FIELD Global Update for 2025 is out now. Greg Sholette and Grant Kester asked a few cultural producers including myself to write about the recent far-right parliamentary shifts, and what those mean for socially engaged art. Find my report on Austria here: field-journal.com/issue-29-win...
Austria on the Far-right Frontline
Oliver Ressler
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February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FIELD Global Update for 2025 is out now. Greg Sholette and Grant Kester asked a few cultural producers including myself to write about the recent far-right parliamentary shifts, and what those mean for socially engaged art. Find my report on Austria here: field-journal.com/issue-29-win...
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◾▪️El mundo de la cultura apoya a Pablo de Soto. #Asturias #cultura #LABoral #Gijón
✍ @diegodiaz1981.bsky.social
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✍ @diegodiaz1981.bsky.social
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El mundo de la cultura apoya a Pablo de Soto: "No podemos permitir esta censura" - Nortes | Centradas en la periferia
Más de 700 profesionales nacionales e internacionales defienden el trabajo del ex director de LABoral, y rechazan un cese "basado en vagas conjeturas".
www.nortes.me
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
◾▪️El mundo de la cultura apoya a Pablo de Soto. #Asturias #cultura #LABoral #Gijón
✍ @diegodiaz1981.bsky.social
www.nortes.me/2025/02/09/e...
✍ @diegodiaz1981.bsky.social
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Letter of support for Pablo de Soto’s work as director of LABoral. Please share and sign!!!
www.puxalaboral.info/eng/
www.puxalaboral.info/eng/
Eng – Puxa LABoral!
www.puxalaboral.info
February 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Letter of support for Pablo de Soto’s work as director of LABoral. Please share and sign!!!
www.puxalaboral.info/eng/
www.puxalaboral.info/eng/
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: weact.campact.de/petitions/mu...
Musk, Döpfner, Zuckerberg: Unsere Demokratie ist nicht käuflich!
Wir alle haben das Bild gesehen: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg und Jeff Bezos, drei der reichsten Männer der Welt, auf Ehrenplätzen bei der Amtseinführung von Donald Trump.
Bezos, der kurz vor der Wahl ...
weact.campact.de
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: weact.campact.de/petitions/mu...
Bestärken wir die demokratischen Parteien, #SPÖ, #ÖVP, #Neos, #Grüne darin, sich nochmal an den Verhandlungstisch zu setzen. Dennoch ist es nicht zu spät für eine weltoffene #Regierung. Unterstützt dieses Anliegen hier: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/re...
Jetzt unterzeichnen: SPÖ, NEOS, ÖVP und Grüne zurück an den Verhandlungstisch!
Noch ist es nicht zu spät für eine zukunftsorientierte und weltoffene Regierung. Bestärken wir die demokratischen Parteien darin nochmal über eine Koalition zu verhandeln!
mein.aufstehn.at
February 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Bestärken wir die demokratischen Parteien, #SPÖ, #ÖVP, #Neos, #Grüne darin, sich nochmal an den Verhandlungstisch zu setzen. Dennoch ist es nicht zu spät für eine weltoffene #Regierung. Unterstützt dieses Anliegen hier: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/re...
“Touch Nature” at Lentos Kunstmuseum has opened last week. The 9.5-meter-long ink drawing “Property Will Cost Us the Earth” is presented in combination with “Still Standing in the Wreckage”, cardboard placards that showed up in climate action in London in 2023.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“Touch Nature” at Lentos Kunstmuseum has opened last week. The 9.5-meter-long ink drawing “Property Will Cost Us the Earth” is presented in combination with “Still Standing in the Wreckage”, cardboard placards that showed up in climate action in London in 2023.
www.lentos.at/en/exhibitio...
www.lentos.at/en/exhibitio...
Severe headache from Trump inauguration and anticipation of an upcoming FPÖ-led government in Austria
January 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Severe headache from Trump inauguration and anticipation of an upcoming FPÖ-led government in Austria
34 min long feature about my work in the culture program “Metropolis” in the television channel Televisión Española.
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Metropolis, TVE: Oliver Ressler, January 2025
Metrópolis ofrece un recorrido por la trayectoria de Oliver Ressler, artista y cineasta austríaco conocido por su trabajo con diversos…
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January 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
34 min long feature about my work in the culture program “Metropolis” in the television channel Televisión Española.
vimeo.com/1047113607?s...
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El programa Metrópolis de @rtvecom.bsky.social recorrerá hoy la trayectoria de @oliverressler.bsky.social, artista que presentó en LABoral en 2023 la exposición 'Barricadas en los hielos', dedicada al activismo por la justicia climática. 💥
No te lo pierdas, hoy a la 01.00 h, en La 2.
No te lo pierdas, hoy a la 01.00 h, en La 2.
January 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
El programa Metrópolis de @rtvecom.bsky.social recorrerá hoy la trayectoria de @oliverressler.bsky.social, artista que presentó en LABoral en 2023 la exposición 'Barricadas en los hielos', dedicada al activismo por la justicia climática. 💥
No te lo pierdas, hoy a la 01.00 h, en La 2.
No te lo pierdas, hoy a la 01.00 h, en La 2.
Installation shot of my film “Anubumin” (2017) carried out in collaboration with Zanny Begg in the exhibition “Poetics of Power” at Kunsthaus Graz, curated by Andreja Hribernik and Nini Palavandishvili.
The show is still open till 25.05.2025
Photo: N. Lackner
www.museum-joanneum.at/.../poetics-...
The show is still open till 25.05.2025
Photo: N. Lackner
www.museum-joanneum.at/.../poetics-...
January 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Installation shot of my film “Anubumin” (2017) carried out in collaboration with Zanny Begg in the exhibition “Poetics of Power” at Kunsthaus Graz, curated by Andreja Hribernik and Nini Palavandishvili.
The show is still open till 25.05.2025
Photo: N. Lackner
www.museum-joanneum.at/.../poetics-...
The show is still open till 25.05.2025
Photo: N. Lackner
www.museum-joanneum.at/.../poetics-...