Ludvig Peres
& Bowen High School
Ludvig Peres & Bowen High School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDKQNyzuEdw
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art
Ludvig Peres, CPS Lives, Bowen High School, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency, Chicago, Artist, Art, Visual Art, Photography, Sculpture, Projector art

Project Overview

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  • Artist — Ludvig Peres

  • School — Bowen High School

  • Neighborhood — South Chicago

From a Blue Sky is an ongoing project that brings to light the personal experiences of students in Chicago public schools during the Covid-19 Pandemic. In this body of work, I visualize the early days of remote learning, and collaborate with students on photo-sculptural pieces, giving them a platform to share their personal experiences on how the pandemic has affected their lives. As students have spent their crucial developing years in isolation from their peers, the project’s goal is to bring to light how they coped with their situation while attending school in the midst of a pandemic.

The photo-sculptures are created by 3D scanning and printing portraits of students, where I collage photographs captured by the 3D scanner onto the 3D print. I ask each student to submit writings about how the pandemic has personally affected them. I then project these writings onto spaces in the school and photograph them. The finished photos function metaphorically as projections of the students’ thoughts and experiences, illuminating the invisible hardships they have carried while attending school for the past two years of the pandemic.

Meet the Artist

Ludvig Peres

Ludvig Peres, Chicago, CPS Lives, Non-Profit Organization, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency

Ludvig Perés (b. Sweden) is a Chicago-based artist whose photo-based practice intersects traditional print media and sculpture. Perés’ artistic exploration is centered around technology’s rapid development and its impact on our lives. He employs a sociological approach to probe the relationship between technology and alienation, raising critical questions about its role in our hypermodern society.

Perés’ work has been featured in a number of exhibitions, including Fotografiska Talent 2018 at the Swedish Museum of Photography (Fotografiska) in Stockholm. The following year, he was invited to attend the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop XXXII to work and network with leading photo professionals. In 2022, he was awarded the IAP grant by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for his documentation of the Covid-19 pandemic’s hardships at Chicago public schools through his work with CPS Lives.

Through his artistic practice, Perés creates a space for reflection and contemplation, encouraging viewers to consider the consequences of our frenzied reliance on technology in our contemporary lives.

https://www.ludvigperes.com/

 

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Ludvig Perés (b. Sweden) is a Chicago-based artist whose photo-based practice intersects traditional print media and sculpture. Perés’ artistic exploration is centered around technology’s rapid development and its impact on our lives. He employs a sociological approach to probe the relationship between technology and alienation, raising critical questions about its role in our hypermodern society.

Perés’ work has been featured in a number of exhibitions, including Fotografiska Talent 2018 at the Swedish Museum of Photography (Fotografiska) in Stockholm. The following year, he was invited to attend the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop XXXII to work and network with leading photo professionals. In 2022, he was awarded the IAP grant by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for his documentation of the Covid-19 pandemic’s hardships at Chicago public schools through his work with CPS Lives.

Through his artistic practice, Perés creates a space for reflection and contemplation, encouraging viewers to consider the consequences of our frenzied reliance on technology in our contemporary lives.

https://www.ludvigperes.com/

 

Visit their Website
Ludvig Peres, Chicago, CPS Lives, Non-Profit Organization, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency

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Marzena Abrahamik & Michele Clark High School

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