Elio Purfürst’s work is situated in the fields of video art and film. They studied Film and Media at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
Through digital and analogue time-based processes involving various visual media, found footage, and documentary elements, Elio creates abstract collages, experimental videos, and performative works. Their practice is driven by an interest in the deconstruction and reconstruction of gender concepts, the cultivation of queer-trans-lesbian visibility, and an invitation to imagine alternative ways of being beyond normative structures.
In their recent video work, Elio engages with themes of shame and confession from a trans-queer-feminist perspective, exploring queer experiences of sexuality, gender, and desire. The artistic influences and source materials for this work range from club culture and darkrooms to collage techniques, personal video diaries, fitness videos, and pornography.
Elio understands shame as a political practice by creating a ritual of un-shaming within queer collectivity, ancestry and care.
Longing for collective tenderness and care in an age of growing violence against marginalized bodies, they pose the question of how to negotiate the fundamental questions of human intimacy, power, vulnerability, and solidarity.
Besides their own artistic practice, Elio collaborates on several collective art projects and works as a film editor with international artists.
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Through digital and analogue time-based processes involving various visual media, found footage, and documentary elements, Elio creates abstract collages, experimental videos, and performative works. Their practice is driven by an interest in the deconstruction and reconstruction of gender concepts, the cultivation of queer-trans-lesbian visibility, and an invitation to imagine alternative ways of being beyond normative structures.
In their recent video work, Elio engages with themes of shame and confession from a trans-queer-feminist perspective, exploring queer experiences of sexuality, gender, and desire. The artistic influences and source materials for this work range from club culture and darkrooms to collage techniques, personal video diaries, fitness videos, and pornography.
Elio understands shame as a political practice by creating a ritual of un-shaming within queer collectivity, ancestry and care.
Longing for collective tenderness and care in an age of growing violence against marginalized bodies, they pose the question of how to negotiate the fundamental questions of human intimacy, power, vulnerability, and solidarity.
Besides their own artistic practice, Elio collaborates on several collective art projects and works as a film editor with international artists.
