Endeavours and Masterpieces. Trophies and Relics,
Mucem,
April 26 – Sept. 9 2024
Paris-Stuttgart,
French Institute Stuttgart,
May 16 – June 30 2024
SAAL FREI # 30,
Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance Stuttgart,
May 17 2024
Tout cela forme un ensemble,
Hôtel de Ville de Paris,
Oct. 14 – Nov. 12 2023
La danse au travail,
CEAAC, International Project Room, Strasbourg,
2022
Selina is a portrait of dancer Selina Koch. The camera follows her during rehearsals and on stage in the fall 2021 as she dances in various choreographic pieces, including one of her own creations. On the soundtrack, direct sounds are combined with her voice, narrating her life as a dancer.
To watch the film in full, log in here via Restricted Access
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
© photo Max Feldhoff
© photo Max Feldhoff
The title of this video, La Main vide (The Empty Hand), comes from the etymology of the word karate, composed of the Japanese words kara (“empty”) and te (“hand”).
Shot in a Parisian karate club in the 13th arrondissement, the video follows the training of karatekas. The focus is on their learning, on perfecting their technique, on the precision and mastery of their gestures, isolated or intersecting with others, from life, forming a choreography.
I wanted to use my residency in Stuttgart to produce a new video portrait of a dancer. I didn’t know which dancer or dance I was going to film, or whether my approach would be historical or observational. Everything had to be developed once I was on site.
Prior to that, I had to find a dance class to get things started. I discovered Produktionszentrum, a venue that offers weekly training courses for professional dancers. They agreed to let me take lessons as an amateur. The first class I attended was run by Selina Koch. I was so struck by her strength and power that I immediately wanted to film her. Shortly after I talked to her, the project started. For several few weeks, I was able to follow her with my camera, filming her work as choreographer and dancer during personal performance projects and other dance projects. From the scenes captured during these rehearsals and performances I was able to create a portrait of Selina at work.
The exhibition is the result of a three-month residency at the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Alongside the film, I present a set of drawings and gouaches that I produced as part of my daily studio practice.
Lorraine Féline, 2022.
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Untitled,
Gouache on paper, 2020
29,7 x 21 cm
Clodette Forever is a portrait of dancer Ketty Sina, who began her career in the late 1970s dancing alongside singer Claude François. Through the story of her career, the film takes us on a journey through the video archives of TV shows and cabarets of the 70s and 80s.
Today, it is in stagings now orchestrated by herself, that she organizes shows in her restaurant in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
To watch the film in full, log in here via Restricted Access
Le Moindre geste was filmed in the Orchestre d’Harmonie de Thiviers in the Périgord region of France, a music ensemble composed of amateur musicians and directed by a professional conductor. It is in this non-elitist musical context, where music is open to all, that bodies and gestures were filmed with a sensitive approach. Following in particular the transmission of the conductor’s skills to a young musician, the film shows how a conductor can acquire the right posture for his role in front of the musicians.
With Chloé Meyzie, Hugo Gatto and Thiviers Orchestra.
With support of DRAC Île-de-France, Communauté de Communes Périgord-Limousin and Conseil Départemental de la Dordogne.
Exhibition curated by Rafaël Gray
“L’Enfer du Nord” is the nickname of one of the oldest French bicycle races, the Paris-Roubaix. The day before the professional race, the amateur race is held. The film focuses on the participation of three visual artists in this legendary race, with the aim of achieving the best possible performance.
The film L’Enfer du Nord follows this performance, from the enthusiasm of the start, through the roads and setbacks, to the finish line at the Roubaix velodrome.
With Alexandre Barth and Team Landscape (Nicolas Beaumelle and Aurélien Porte).
Exhibition Il va y avoir du sport , maison des arts, centre d’art contemporain de Malakoff, 2018
Exposition Il va y avoir du sport , maison des arts, centre d’art contemporain de Malakoff, 2018
Blues Dance is a performance that takes place on a roof, a place in suspension above the city. Two dancers interpret a choreography written from the gaze that leads to movement and then to imbalance. The choreography is conceived according to the place. The sounds of the city, the wind, the sun, are mixed with the dance.
Thanks to Conservatoire Henri Barbusse Malakoff, Sylvain Frydman, Claudie Hippon, Marie Clech, Fatou Sylla, Nanou Coranson et Adeline Chauchet
During a scientific mission on board a sailboat, the gestures of bodies at work, observation and waiting, become choreography. Hands, bodies, tools, ropes and sails are filmed to the rhythm of waves, pitching and rolling. In this restricted space, which requires a permanent rebalancing, putting the foot on the ground becomes an almost unreal moment, as if out of time.
Filmed on board the Schooner Tara, during Méditerranée Expedition in 2014.
A security guard performs various waiting postures in front of the camera, in the courtyard of the building he guards.
With Abdel Mezrani
As part of the Atelier des Testeurs project, Chalet Society, Paris.
A security guard performs various waiting postures on camera, in the courtyard of the building he guards. The video of the performance will then run in a loop on the television in his dressing room.
As part of Atelier des Testeurs, Chalet Society, Paris.
Cur. Christophe Kihm, Arnaud and Bertrand Dezoteux
Photo: Laurent Edeline
The video was shot in London, in a factory producing pointe shoes for classical dancers. The gestures at work on the machines during this manufacturing time, the postures, the cadences and the body at work, are filmed like a dance, while pop music plays over and over on the radio.
Thanks to: Freed of London
With the support of Ville de Paris, Département de l’Art dans la Ville.
Performance, 2010
Duration approx. 4 minutes
Dancers : Caroline Vivier and Ambre Chiarcosso
A professional classical dancer performs a solo pas de deux from the Romantic ballet “La Sylphide” (1832, advent of the light, ethereal, aerial dancer), wearing MoonBoot après-ski shoes.
Based on choreography by Philippe Taglioni – Music by Jean Schneitzhoeffer
With the support of La Menagerie de Verre, Paris, studioLab residency 2013
Performance:
Théâtre de L’Onde, Studio de danse, Vélizy-Villacoublay, March 26, 2013
Screening:
BYOB, [Entre]Ouverture, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2012
Martita is the portrait of Martita Loubrieux, dancer with a long career who gives ballet classes in Paris, away from the usual teaching codes. We follow her during a class in her gestures and movements on a soundtrack played and recorded by herself.
Accompanied by her castanets like a conductor’s baton, her uncluttered silhouette gives rhythm to the music and to the steps of her students, combining lightness and high standards.
Selina is a portrait of dancer Selina Koch. The camera follows her during rehearsals and on stage in the fall 2021 as she dances in various choreographic pieces, including one of her own creations. On the soundtrack, direct sounds are combined with her voice, narrating her life as a dancer.
To watch the film in full, log in here via Restricted Access
© photo Max Feldhoff
© photo Max Feldhoff
The title of this video, La Main vide (The Empty Hand), comes from the etymology of the word karate, composed of the Japanese words kara (“empty”) and te (“hand”).
Shot in a Parisian karate club in the 13th arrondissement, the video follows the training of karatekas. The focus is on their learning, on perfecting their technique, on the precision and mastery of their gestures, isolated or intersecting with others, from life, forming a choreography.
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
© Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
Blues Dance is a performance that takes place on a roof, a place in suspension above the city. Two dancers interpret a choreography written from the gaze that leads to movement and then to imbalance. The choreography is conceived according to the place. The sounds of the city, the wind, the sun, are mixed with the dance.
Thanks to Conservatoire Henri Barbusse Malakoff, Sylvain Frydman, Claudie Hippon, Marie Clech, Fatou Sylla, Nanou Coranson et Adeline Chauchet
A security guard performs various waiting postures on camera, in the courtyard of the building he guards. The video of the performance will then run in a loop on the television in his dressing room.
As part of Atelier des Testeurs, Chalet Society, Paris.
Cur. Christophe Kihm, Arnaud and Bertrand Dezoteux
Photo: Laurent Edeline
I wanted to use my residency in Stuttgart to produce a new video portrait of a dancer. I didn’t know which dancer or dance I was going to film, or whether my approach would be historical or observational. Everything had to be developed once I was on site.
Prior to that, I had to find a dance class to get things started. I discovered Produktionszentrum, a venue that offers weekly training courses for professional dancers. They agreed to let me take lessons as an amateur. The first class I attended was run by Selina Koch. I was so struck by her strength and power that I immediately wanted to film her. Shortly after I talked to her, the project started. For several few weeks, I was able to follow her with my camera, filming her work as choreographer and dancer during personal performance projects and other dance projects. From the scenes captured during these rehearsals and performances I was able to create a portrait of Selina at work.
The exhibition is the result of a three-month residency at the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Alongside the film, I present a set of drawings and gouaches that I produced as part of my daily studio practice.
Lorraine Féline, 2022.
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Screening of the video Martita.
Conceived by the Centre d’art contemporain Chanot and artist/director Randa Maroufi for the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche, “Marathon vidéo” is a one-night video program dedicated to representations of sport through artistic and cinematographic creation.
In a warm, immersive scenography, the public is invited to discover a selection of videos and short films by international artists and directors, offering multiple perspectives on sport. Documentaries, fiction, animation, experimental videos…
Clodette Forever is a portrait of dancer Ketty Sina, who began her career in the late 1970s dancing alongside singer Claude François. Through the story of her career, the film takes us on a journey through the video archives of TV shows and cabarets of the 70s and 80s.
Today, it is in stagings now orchestrated by herself, that she organizes shows in her restaurant in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
To watch the film in full, log in here via Restricted Access
Untitled,
Gouache on paper, 2020
29,7 x 21 cm
Performance, 2010
Duration approx. 4 minutes
Dancers : Caroline Vivier and Ambre Chiarcosso
A professional classical dancer performs a solo pas de deux from the Romantic ballet “La Sylphide” (1832, advent of the light, ethereal, aerial dancer), wearing MoonBoot après-ski shoes.
Based on choreography by Philippe Taglioni – Music by Jean Schneitzhoeffer
With the support of La Menagerie de Verre, Paris, studioLab residency 2013
Performance:
Théâtre de L’Onde, Studio de danse, Vélizy-Villacoublay, March 26, 2013
Screening:
BYOB, [Entre]Ouverture, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2012
Le Moindre geste was filmed in the Orchestre d’Harmonie de Thiviers in the Périgord region of France, a music ensemble composed of amateur musicians and directed by a professional conductor. It is in this non-elitist musical context, where music is open to all, that bodies and gestures were filmed with a sensitive approach. Following in particular the transmission of the conductor’s skills to a young musician, the film shows how a conductor can acquire the right posture for his role in front of the musicians.
With Chloé Meyzie, Hugo Gatto and Thiviers Orchestra.
With support of DRAC Île-de-France, Communauté de Communes Périgord-Limousin and Conseil Départemental de la Dordogne.
Exhibition curated by Rafaël Gray
“L’Enfer du Nord” is the nickname of one of the oldest French bicycle races, the Paris-Roubaix. The day before the professional race, the amateur race is held. The film focuses on the participation of three visual artists in this legendary race, with the aim of achieving the best possible performance.
The film L’Enfer du Nord follows this performance, from the enthusiasm of the start, through the roads and setbacks, to the finish line at the Roubaix velodrome.
With Alexandre Barth and Team Landscape (Nicolas Beaumelle and Aurélien Porte).
Exhibition Il va y avoir du sport , maison des arts, centre d’art contemporain de Malakoff, 2018
Exposition Il va y avoir du sport , maison des arts, centre d’art contemporain de Malakoff, 2018
During a scientific mission on board a sailboat, the gestures of bodies at work, observation and waiting, become choreography. Hands, bodies, tools, ropes and sails are filmed to the rhythm of waves, pitching and rolling. In this restricted space, which requires a permanent rebalancing, putting the foot on the ground becomes an almost unreal moment, as if out of time.
Filmed on board the Schooner Tara, during Méditerranée Expedition in 2014.
A security guard performs various waiting postures in front of the camera, in the courtyard of the building he guards.
With Abdel Mezrani
As part of the Atelier des Testeurs project, Chalet Society, Paris.
The video was shot in London, in a factory producing pointe shoes for classical dancers. The gestures at work on the machines during this manufacturing time, the postures, the cadences and the body at work, are filmed like a dance, while pop music plays over and over on the radio.
Thanks to: Freed of London
With the support of Ville de Paris, Département de l’Art dans la Ville.
Martita is the portrait of Martita Loubrieux, dancer with a long career who gives ballet classes in Paris, away from the usual teaching codes. We follow her during a class in her gestures and movements on a soundtrack played and recorded by herself.
Accompanied by her castanets like a conductor’s baton, her uncluttered silhouette gives rhythm to the music and to the steps of her students, combining lightness and high standards.
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