Oliver Mezger

Gaelic

Tha Oliver Mezger nan neach-ealain ìomhaighean gluasadach agus tha an obair aca a’ glacadh cruth na tìre, tìm, dhaoine agus cultar tro Ghàidhlig agus eadar-theangachadh. Ag obair le bhideo didseatach, film 16mm is 35mm film, agus cruthan-fuaime, tha na filmichean aca a-mach air dàin-mholaidh is cumhaichean Gàidhlig. Tromhpa seo, tha Oliver a’ cur aghaidh air a’ bhuaidh chultarail an lùib dà-chànanachais, cur à àite, agus uaisleachaidh. Ann an 2015, fhad ’s a bha iad nan neach-ealain air mhuinntireas aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig san Eilean Sgitheanach, thòisich Oliver a’ rannsachadh Gàidhlig, a’ nochdadh comharraidhean saidhbhir cultarail agus a’ bhrìgh a th’ aig àite. Am measg nam pròiseactan aig Oliver o chionn ghoirid tha dràma do radio air a sgrìobhadh ann an Ùige Leòdhais.

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English

Oliver Mezger is a moving image artist whose practice captures landscapes, time, people, and culture framed through Scots Gaelic language and translation. Working with digital video, 16mm and 35mm film, and soundscapes, their films explore Gaelic portrait-praise-poetry and the resonances of lament. Through these, Oliver addresses the cultural implications of monolingualism, displacement, and gentrification. In 2015, while artist-in-residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Oliver began researching and experimenting with Gaelic, uncovering rich cultural signifiers and the meaning of place. Oliver’s recent projects include a radio play written in Uig, Isle of Lewis.

Image: OHV Mezger - Film stills from ‘Air Sgàth Margaret Tait - For the Sake of Margaret Tait’.

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