[x] Antoine Schmitt: Tues Aug 11, 7pm, 805-4350 Beresford St

[Laura Lee Coles]

Sending regrets.  Would love to meet and hear Antoine.

Tied up with my ISEA partner event....August 16th.

Maybe you guys can come?

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On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> I'm happy to say Antoine Schmitt (Paris) will be talking to the Group of X
> on Tuesday Aug 11 at 7pm at 805-4350 Beresford St, Burnaby.
>
> Antoine is an artist-programmer who makes his living by his computer art.
> When I was in Paris, wherever I went to see computer art--and you can see
> it in several galleries in Paris--Antoine had work there.
>
> We will have lots of sushi. BYOB.
>
> *******************
> TALK DESCRIPTION
> *******************
>
> I will talk about my artistic path and thinking : my life as a programmer,
> programming as an artistic material, my interest in metaphysical questions
> around movement, action, systems and processes. For this, I will go through
> and show a selection of my art works, from my first artwork The Pixel Blanc
> to my latest series War, also going through my live performances and my
> public space artworks.
>
> *******************
> BIO
> *******************
>
> Installation artist, Antoine Schmitt creates artworks in the form of
> objects, installations and situations to address the processes of movement
> in all of their modalities, and question their intrinsic conceptual
> problematics, of plastic, philosophical or social nature. Heir of kinetic
> art and cybernetic art, nourished by metaphysical science-fiction, he
> endlessly interrogates the dynamic interactions between human nature and
> the nature of reality. Originally programming engineer in human computer
> relations and artificial intelligence, he places the program, a
> contemporary artistic material and unique by its active quality, at the
> core of most of his artworks, to reveal and literally manipulate the forces
> at stake. Antoine Schmitt, alone or through collaborations, has undertaken
> an articulation of this approach with more established artistic fields like
> music, dance, architecture, literature or cinema. As theoretician, speaker
> and editor of the gratin.org portal, Antoine Schmitt explores the field
> of programmed art.
>
> His work has received several awards in international festivals :
> transmediale (Berlin, second prize 2007, honorary 2001), Ars Electronica
> (Linz, second prize 2009), UNESCO International Festival of Video-Dance
> (Paris, first prize online 2002), Vida 5.0 (Madrid, honorary 2002),
> CYNETart (Dresden, honorary 2004), medi at terra (Athens, first prize 1999),
> Interférences (Belfort, first prize 2000), and has been exhibited among
> others at the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
> (Paris), at Sonar (Barcelona), at Ars Electronica (Linz), at the CAC of
> Sienna (Italy), at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon (France), in Nuits
> Blanches (Paris, Amiens, Metz, Bruxelles and Madrid). It is part of the
> collections of the Espace Gantner (Bourogne, FR), of the Cube (Issy-Mx,
> FR), of the Paris Municipal Contemporary Art Fund (FMAC), of the Foundation
> Artphilein (Lugano, IT), and of the Foundation Fraenkel (USA).
>
> Antoine Schmitt is represented by Galerie Charlot (Paris).
>
> Antoine Schmitt lives and works in Paris (FR).
>
> *******************
> URLS
> *******************
>
> * http://antoineschmitt.com
> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Schmitt
> * http://gratin.org
> * http://turbulence.org/curators/Paris/schmittenglish.htm
>   This last link requires the Shockwave plugin from
> https://get.adobe.com/shockwave
>
> *******************
> LOCATION
> *******************
>
> Antoine's talk is at 805-4350 Beresford, Burnaby in Metrotown.
>
> Buzz 139. If you forget the number look at the resident list; we are at
> the top of the list.
>
> There is free parking at the foot of the building (entrance on Beresford)
> or on Beresford street. Avoid parking in the bus stop.
>
> By skytrain, go to Patterson station. Then walk up Beresford for 5
> minutes. We are at the corner of Beresford and Willindon, on the right.
>
> Map: http://google.ca/maps/place/4350+Beresford+St,+Burnaby,+BC+V5H+4K9
> Phone: 604 209 1728
>
>
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*Recognition of patterns and shapes can profoundly affect how we see
ourselves in relation to each other and the world in which we live, to
embrace ideas that unite us, not divide us.  In observing connections, we
can establish associations that lead to kinship and the possibility of
peace.”  *
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Laura Lee Coles, MA
Interdisciplinary Artist
Arts-based Researcher, Curator & Writer
Founder and Project Specialist LocoMotoArt Collective & IMAPON

Artist site:
http://lauraleecoles.weebly.com

Organization sites:
Blog:http://locomotoart.weebly.com/
Research:  www.locomotoart.com
Art Residency Partnership:
http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/loco-moto-art-collective.aspx
http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/field-house-studio-residencies-in-parks.aspx

A video of the exhibition LocoMotoArt@ Queen Elizabeth Park
http://vimeo.com/71615795
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