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Oliver Laric — Schengen Visa Hologram
Oliver Laric

Schengen Visa Hologram

Oliver Laric's *Schengen Visa Hologram* consists of tamper-evident security hologram stickers—the kind affixed to official EU travel documents—arranged on acrylic glass and sealed with a clear coating. By isolating and recontextualizing these bureaucratic authentication devices as art objects, Laric draws attention to the material language of border control and state authority. The work interrogates how legitimacy and identity are constructed through seemingly mundane security technologies.

Medium
tamper evident security hologram stickers on acrylic glass, clear coating

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Under the Influence

March 4, 2015

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Oliver Laric, Schengen Visa Hologram

Oliver Laric's *Schengen Visa Hologram* consists of tamper-evident security hologram stickers—the kind affixed to official EU travel documents—arranged on acrylic glass and sealed with a clear coating. By isolating and recontextualizing these bureaucratic authentication devices as art objects, Laric draws attention to the material language of border control and state authority. The work interrogates how legitimacy and identity are constructed through seemingly mundane security technologies.

Medium
tamper evident security hologram stickers on acrylic glass, clear coating
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Security Aesthetics, Male Artist, Bureaucratic Critique, Cool Tones, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, Contemporary Artist, Holographic, Appropriation Art, Iridescent Colors, Political Commentary, Iridescent, Bureaucratic Imagery, Abstract, Found Materials

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