Innovative Curatorial Projects – Paris / Singapore
Jean-Francois Guiton
*1953, Paris, France. Lives and works in Breman, Germany.
Jean-François Guiton studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1980-1985. He was lecturer at the Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal from 1987-1994 before becoming Professor of media in the areas of fine art and visual communication at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg (1994-1998). Since 1998, Jean-François Guiton is professor of new media at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen.
Jean-François Guiton / Video | 1982-1992 / France / 2008 / 95' / 4:3
In his videos, often filmed in the studio with simple objects and materials taken from the immediate surroundings, Guiton stages the gestures and repetitive actions of his own body as, little by little, they produce a world, a universe, all its own, one that holds its breath, suspended by that tight thread which stretches between momentum and its subsequent resolution. It is a universe riddled with extreme tension, one that synergetically brings together the sculptural space, the surface of the screen and the tempo of a visual musical score - a constant search for a sense of balance, an ever-present risk of falling.
Holzstücke / France-Germany / 1982 / 5'3 / 4:3
Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau / France-Germany / 8'20 / 1983
Partitür / France-Germany / 1983 / 9'20 / 4:3
Handle with care / France-Germany / 1984 / 11' / 4:3
Fußnote / France-Germany / 1985 / 5' / 4:3
La Tâche / France-Germany / 1985 / 7' / 4:3
Der Käfig / France-Germany / 1986 / 9'30 / 4:3
La Longue Marche / France-Germany / 1987 / 9' / 4:3
Une question de souffle / France-Germany / 1988 / 10' / 4:3
Intermezzo ou Les chaises musicales / France-Germany / 1985 / 2'30 / 4:3
Coup de vent / France-Germany / 1990 / 9' / 4:3
Das schwarze Loch / France-Germany / 1991 / 9'10 / 4:3
Da Trapani / France-Germany / 1992 / 14' / 4:3
About Lowave
Lowave is a platform for curatorial research based in Singapore and Paris. Its activities range from exhibition concepts, film programming and live performances, to artistic consultations, publications, and teaching. The singularity of Lowave's work is its international scope with a strong interest in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, highlighting emerging artists and the use of interdisciplinary and intercultural crossings.
Lowave was co-founded by its director Silke Schmickl in 2002 and consists of four main members including Mickaël Robert-Gonçalves, Jeremy Chua and Patricia Cartier-Millon, as well as a dense network of project-based partners. Lowave has collaborated with institutions such as Centre Georges Pompidou, La Cinematheque française, The British Film Institute, 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Beirut Art Fair 2014, Pera Museum Istanbul, KIT – Kunst-im-Tunnel Düsselforf, The Arts House Singapore, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, and UNESCO.
Lowave Collection
Lowave's film and video collection has been built between 2002 and 2014 and features over 250 video artists and filmmakers from around the world. The label has contributed to an important number of international exhibitions, biennials, film and video festivals, as well as academic programmes. As Lowave's activities evolve, we have stopped our film distribution and our catalogue serves now as an archive that documents over a decade of film and video art history.
A selection of our DVDs is on sale at Re:Voir in Paris.
Readings
– Presentation of Singapour mon amour as part of In the light of history: Visions of a nascent nation conceived by Asian film archive Singapore in collaboration with National Gallery Singapore, 2016
– Silke Schmickl on body politics, video and the moving image at Beirut art fair 2014. Curator interview by Kriti Bajaj, in: Art Radar – Contemporary trends and news from Asia and beyond, 2014
– Nicole Brenez, Good vibrations. The french dvd label Lowave takes itself to the edges of film culture, in: Springerin, 2010
– Julie Crenn, In/Flux. Meeting with Katadiou Diallo, Dominique Malaquais and Silke Schmickl, in: Seismopolite. Journal of Art and Politics, 2013
– In lieu of absence. Taysir Batniji in conversation with Silke Schmickl, in: Ibraaz, Platform 003, 2012