Leo Calice y Gerhard Treml

GERHARD TREML (VIENNA, 1963)/p>

His practice explores narrative strategies to appropriate, investigate, and reconfigure spatial relations basic to our construction of reality. His work relies on drawing, scripting, filmmaking and installations. He recently directed the international art-based research program Eden’s Edge in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna and launched the Office for Narrative Landscape Design (O.N.L.S.D). Together with Leo Calice, he directed their first series of short films which have won multiple international awards including Clermont Ferrand's Grand Prix.

LEO CALICE (TEXING, 1980)

Leo Calice was trained as a chef and worked in Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and Austria. He later studied Landscape Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. 2012 he joined the art based research project Eden's Edge and was a founding member of the Office for Narrative Landscape Design (O.N.L.S.D) which produced a series of animated documentary short films Eden’s Edge (2014). It was screened extensively and won numerous international awards including Clermont Ferrand's Grand Prix.

Filmography:
EDEN’S EDGE

During their stay in San Sebastian, the directors used the Tabakalera resources to conceptualize and build the landscape models of their project. Calipatria is the only animated short film of the collection. The project was awarded with the REC Postproduction Award, valued with 10.500 euros of three weeks of work at its facilities. Currently Gerhard and Leo are deeply immersed in the project.