Lars Kollros, born in 1979 in Mühlacker-Großglattbach, grew up in the Northern Black Forest and studied electrical engineering and sociology in Pforzheim, Mönchengladbach, and Duisburg. From 2017 to 2023, Lars studied Fine Arts in the Studio for Video and Video Installation under Dorit Margreiter at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, graduating with distinction. The diploma project Action and Interaction was awarded the Prize of Excellence by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
In 2024, Lars* completed a second degree in Art and Cultural Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, also with distinction. The diploma thesis was titled „Contemporary European Post-Pornography in Motion Picture“.
Since 2023, Lars* has been working on a doctoral dissertation titled Desires of Androids and Humans in Contemporary Life and Science Fiction.
Lars* identifies as genderqueer and prefers no pronouns or the English singular they/them.
In 2007, Lars* founded the punk label RilRec, wrote for a music magazine for many years, and has long been engaged with photography and moving images.
During the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017, Lars* produced the documentary film Festival of Democracy, which followed the protests and exposed massive violations of fundamental rights by the police.
A central focus of Lars’s projects and works is the intersection of body politics and media discourse – how they relate to one another, influence each other, or become inseparable: the body as medium and media as extensions that constitute and locate the body within specific concepts of space and time. Often central is also the inherent logic of media apparatuses. The works are generally political and engage with contemporary discourse. Post-pornography meets posthumanism. Lars lives and works in Vienna and has been featured internationally in numerous exhibitions and festivals for many years.
Insta: @lars_von_rilrec
Web: www.misconception.de