Edson Luli, "A Glimpse into the Future", 2023. Installation view at Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan. Ph. Erjola Zhuka

A piece of sky for future generations, 2023. Installation of 7 elements, LED panels, wooden structures, transformers, variable dimensions

A piece of sky for future generations (L), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 180 x 120 x 15 cm

A piece of sky for future generations (S), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 180 x 120 x 15 cm

A piece of sky for future generations (I), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 240 x 600 x 15 cm

A piece of sky for future generations (J), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 180 x 120 x 15 cm

A piece of sky for future generations (Z), 2023. Pannelli LED, struttura in legno, trasformatori, 180 x 120 x 15 cm.

A piece of sky for future generations (T), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 180 x 120 x 15 cm

A piece of sky for future generations (O), 2023. LED panels, wooden structure, transformers, 120 x 120 x 15 cm

Don't blame yourself! It's just a game., 2023. Interactive game, 4K screen, joystick, stool, variable dimensions

Now, 1.3.2020, 2020. Installation of 10 inkjet prints on ultra smooth cotton paper mounted on dibond, white wooden frames, 35 x 35 cm each

Footsteps towards the Future, 2023. Protocol, desert sand from five continents, plastic bottles, LED lights, transformer, variable dimensions

Footsteps towards the Future, 2023. Protocol, 1 sqm of desert sand from five continents, plastic bottles, LED lights, transformer, 100 x 100 x 30 cm

Edson Luli - It Begins with You and Me, installation views at Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan, 2021

Edson Luli, It takes two to know one, 2021, installation, mattress, neon sign, ready-made paintings, 220 x 190 x 40 cm approx.

Edson Luli, Life-Death, 2021, installation, carbon, neon sign, 120 cm d. x 20 cm

Edson Luli, Fragmented chairs produce fragmented thoughts, 2021, installation of five fragmented chairs and neon sign, 150 x 250 x 50 cm approx.

Edson Luli, The absence of the words in the structure of silence, 2019, installation, charcoal, fluorescent acrylic paint and pre-spaced vinyl on wood, neon sign, relay, 110 x 200 x 10 cm

Edson Luli, ... is awaiting your attention, 2021, acrylic and flourescent paint on canvas, 100 x 120 cm

Edson Luli, Looking through a translucent surface, 2021. Video still

Edson Luli, organism-as-a-whole-in-environment, 2021, installation of 12 elements, inkjet prints on tracing paper, 21 x 15 cm each, wooden frames, 22 x 16 x 3.5 cm

Edson Luli, organism-as-a-whole-in-environment, 2021, installation of 12 elements, inkjet prints on tracing paper, 21 x 15 cm each, wooden frames, 22 x 16 x 3.5

Edson Luli, What are you looking for?, 2021, installation of five elements, manual paper shredders, inkjet prints on tracing paper, 40 x 110 x 5 cm

Edson Luli, Whatever you say this is, it isn't!, 2019, inkjet print on cotton paper, 75 x 100 cm

Edson Luli, Words, 2019, inkjet print on cotton paper, 110 x 200 cm

Edson Luli, Including this, 2019 installation of 3 inkjet prints on cotton paper, 100 x 100 cm, 35 x 35 cm (2x)

Edson Luli, Chain indexing an apple, 2019. Installation of 4 inkjet prints on cotton paper, 40 x 50 cm each

Edson Luli, What does it take to make you curious?, 2019. Cardboard box, cat, poison, radioactive material, geiger counter, hammer, 43 x 40 x 30 cm

Edson Luli, What does it take to make you curious, 2019. Cardboard box, cat, poison, radioactive material, geiger counter, hammer, 43 x 40 x 30 cm

Edson Luli, This is not the artwork, 2019. Inkjet print on cotton paper, PVC translucent Film, 60 x 100 cm

Edson Luli, FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT, 2018. Neon sign, transformer, 9 x 150 cm

Edson, Luli, The map is not the territory, 2018. Installation, LED fans, UV print on glass, wood structure, power supply, 18 x 50 x 26,5 cm

Edson Luli, This exhibition will have a title soon, 2017. Installation view at Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan, 2017

Do we need this?, 2015-2017 Installation, projector, digital TV decoder, carved plexiglass, wood and metal structure. Variable dimensions.

Edson Luli, Do we need this?, 2017 Installation of 10 photographies, matte lambda print mounted on aluminum, 10 x 18 cm each

Edson Luli, Do we need this, 2015-2017. Installation of 10 photographs, lambda print mounted on dibond, 10 x 18 cm each. Detail

Edson Luli, The space behind your eyes, 2017 Installation, video camera, screen, mini computer, wood structure, variable dimensions

Edson Luli, The Anglerfish, 2013 Video, color, sound, 3 min 5 sec

Edson Luli, The world is not an illusion..., 2017

Edson Luli, This artwork will have a title soon, 2017. Mediterranea 18 Young Artists Biennale - Tirana

Edson Luli, Who are you laughing at?, 2016 at COD, Tirana. Interactive installation

Edson Luli, Who are you laughing at?, 2016 at COD, Tirana. Interactive installation.

Edson Luli, Who are you laughing at?, 2015. Interactive installation

Edson Luli, What is man, 2014. Milan, Italy. Video still

Edson Luli, A Vicious Ring, 2013. Video still

Edson Luli, The Anglerfish, 2013. Video still

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Edson Luli

Edson Luli (b. 1989, Scutari) is a contemporary artist currently based in Milan

Luli interrogates the ways in which human perception and cultural conditioning influence our understanding of nature and the reality that surrounds us. His work weaves together the conceptual threads of time, human behaviour, cybernetics and environmental consciousness. Through an interdisciplinary research including environmental science, cognitive psychology, and systems theory and use of various materials in various mediums that span from installations, digital media, and sculptural works to video and print, Luli prompts audiences to reflect on the ephemeral nature of existence and the impact of human actions and technology on society and environment and thus the necessity for a new ecology of mind.

At the heart of Luli’s work is a deep concern with the nature of thought and its processes in shaping our world. For Luli, thought is an abstraction of reality thus a limitation constantly applied to our model of reality resulting in continuous conflict with it.

Luli's artworks invite viewers to participate in a process of exploration and observation, probing the boundaries of what it means to think and perceive in a complex and rapidly changing world and questioning how we evaluate our inner lives and that of others in order to create and experiment new mental maps that structurally match the territory.

Luli’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, amongst them: 3500 cm2 curated by Lorenzo Benedetti (upcoming); HOMEWARD, curated by Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou, Luçjan Bedeni, Tea Paci, Zef Paci, Art House School, various venues, Shkoder, Albania. (upcoming); Piazzetta Rizzoli 1 curated by Elsa Barbieri, Museo Arte Contemporanea Cavalese, Trento; The Color of Energy: Chapter II curated by Mirela Baciak, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, 2024; The Divided Brain, curated by Simona Spinella and A-Head, MUSMA, Matera, 2024; Malta Biennale - Main Exhibition curated by Sofia Baldi Pighi, Birgu, Malta, 2024; WORLDS BEYOND WORDS: New rituals for an archaeology of the future, Museo Archeologico Versiliese, Pietrasanta, Italy, 2024; Eroi? - Cramum Prize, Reti S.p.A, Busto Arsizio, 2024; Piero Gagliardi Prize for the research 2023 (winner); Exibart Prize 2023 (winner); A Glimpse into the Future, (solo show), Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milano, 2023; Suspended Verges, Ubicua Gallery, London, 2023; War is sweet to those who have never experienced it, MACC Foundation, curated by Efisio Carbone, Calasetta, 2022; It Begins With you and Me, (solo show), Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milano, 2021; Corso Concordia 11, Via Farini, Milano, 2021 Back and Forth, Again, Black Box Genesis, Vaasa, Finlandia, 2021; Resisting the Trouble – Moving Images in Times of Crisis, curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, VISIO - Schermo dell’Arte, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, 2021; In-Attesa, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milano, 2021; A volte penso che…, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, San Matteo Church, Lucca, 2020; I don’t know. Let’s see!, (solo show) Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani. Online gallery space, 2020; ARCADIA E APOCALISSE, Paesaggi italiani in 150 anni di arte, fotografia, video e installazioni, PALP, Pontedera, 2019; PASSING, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani - Collective 62, Miami, 2019; Premio Cairo XX, Royal Palace, Milan, 2019; Photography Biennale Gjon Mili / IN TRANSITION: Images between Fact and Fiction, curated by João Ribas, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, 2019; Heavenly Creatures - Strategies of Being and Seeing, Kunsthalle West, Merano, 2019; Art House School residency organized by Adrian Paci, Shkodër, Albania, 2018; L’Arte nei Pixel. Videoart & Arte Contemporanea, Lucca Film Festival, Lucca, 2018; This Exhibition Will Have a Title Soon (solo show), Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan, 2017; Watch the Line While Crossing, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Lucca, 2017; Mediterranea 18 Young Artists Biennale, Tirana and Durres, 2017; Media Art Festival, curated by Valentino Catricalà, MAXXI Museum, Rome, 2017; 22nd International Onufri Prize - Stranger than Kindness, National Art Gallery, Tirana, 2016; Artist Talk, COD, Tirana, 2016; Tirana Film Festival, Tirana, 2016; Hotel Europa, Concordia, Exhibition Space Langestraat 56, Netherlands, 2016; Fuori Visioni - Contemporary Art Festival, Piacenza, 2016; Talking About, MM XI, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtine, 2016; VideoZero, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, 2016; Combat Prize, Museum G. Fattori, Livorno, 2016; Milano Film Festival, Milan, 2015; Future Identities, Laura Haber Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2015; The rhythm of art lies somewhere in between, Bienal del Fin del Mundo IV, Chile, 2015; Pamur, Visual Arts Festival, Tirana, 2014; Black Box, Malaga Home Gallery, Milan, 2014.