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Drawing Now 15 / Videos
Sylvain Bourget / Spin
Spin, 2008
Sequence of 5 videos of 30 seconds each
Series of five animated feature films that are part of a set entitled
Spin that means: toss; swirl; rotate. These short abstract films originate
from some kind of proto-sports spotted on the internet.
Spin (pizza), 2008, video loop 30s
http://www.sylvainbourget.com/spinpizza.html
Some pizza chefs engage in acrobatics when they knead the
dough, perilously throwing and catching it again - that, without sacrificing taste, presentation, or cooking. Pizza-tossing art is taught and may
be practiced with silicone plastic doughs cooked according very specific recipes. Contests have been organized; they were mainly taking
place in Italy and the United States originally. The source of this
animated film is a choreographed pizza spinning on a music by Elvis
Presley.
Spin (powerball), 2008, video loop 30s
http://www.sylvainbourget.com/spinp.ball.html
Powerball is a precision gyroscope which consists of a rotor
rotating at high speed within a sphere held in the hand. It is both a toy,
a fitness and rehabilitation tool instrument. Some models have a revolution counter, useful for measuring the performances. The world record
is currently held by Greek Akis Kritsinelis, with 16 732 revolutions per
minute; the video from this record served as medium for the realization
of this animated film.
Spin (cup stacking), 2008, video loop 30s
http://www.sylvainbourget.com/spingobelet.html
Cup stacking is originally an American sport using plastic cups. The
goal is to stack and pop the cups in a predefined sequence as quickly as
possible. This sport has experienced a particular visibility on the web
thanks to a video showing the world record of Emily Fox, an American
teenage girl. By mimicry, Cup stacking videos have mushroomed on the
internet. One of those videos served as medium for the realization of
this animated film.
Spin (rifle spinning), 2008, video loop 30s
http://www.sylvainbourget.com/spinfusil.html
Rifle spinning derives from military training. It can also resemble the
handling of the majorette baton. Gun replicas are used in college and
high school for simulating military procedures. The rifle manipulations
may include sophisticated throws. The source of this animated film is
the demonstration of a soldier who manipulates his rifle outside his
barracks.
Spin (stone skipping), 2008, video loop 30s
http://www.sylvainbourget.com/spinricochet.html
The source of this animated film is a video from the world record of
ricochet held by Kurt Steiner who managed 40 consecutive ricochets.
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« In recent years, through sculptures, drawings and animated
featured films, Sylvain Bourget convenes by similar principles a field of
references linked with records, feats, contests and "proto-sports" of all
kinds, through plastic procedures that mostly involve graphic simplification, abstraction or miniaturization, all means which allow to hold off
facts and gestures that could arouse a foolish fascination in the first
place.(...).
More importantly, if the practices convened by Sylvain Bourget fall
within a sub-culture environment that may seem silly or frivolous, they
also remind the viewer - somewhat educated in art history - of gestures
that are not very far from certain artistic performances from the last
decades. These gestures, whose social function is not clearly identified,
often oscillate between heroism and absurdity, between the spectacular
and the commonplace. Therefore, record holders, sportsmen of the
strange and eccentric feat holders that inhabit Sylvain Bourget’s work
evoke the figure of the contemporary artist.
One now understands that the Guinness Book of Records or the
websites, among Sylvain Bourget’s main research methods, do not just
offer an endless list of unusual facts but also a repertoire of gestures and
forms, whose performative or even sculptural value has to be noticed. »
Jérôme Dupeyrat
Insolitus. La sottise et l'idiotie peuvent-elles casser des briques ?
[à propos de Sylvain Bourget], Superstition, N°3, printemps 2012
SYLVAIN BOURGET
born in 1980
lives and works in Bordeaux,
France
SOLO SHOWS
2014
Mezzanine Sud, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
Tragédie du solite, galerie Marine Veilleux, Paris
2013
Homemade performance, Centre d’art 2Angles, Flers
2012
«Insolitus», Artothèque de Pessac.
2010
Wheelchair Dance, l’Appart, Poitiers
Pegman, l’Appart, Poitiers
2009
Épreuves de sobriété de terrain (FST), Château de Monbazillac
2008
Silly Walks, Château de Monbazillac
Contests, Ecole d’art de Châteauroux
2007
Slapstick, L’espace d’Art contemporain de La Rochelle
Performers, Collège André Brouillet de Couhé
2006
Show at Pollen, Artistes en résidence, Monflanquin
GROUP SHOWS
2014
#1. Poros, galerie Marine Veilleux, Paris
Sunday’s screening #11, galerie Marine Veilleux, Paris
Espace télékinésique, avec Jeanne Tzaut, ZAN Gallery, Bordeaux
Sunday’s screening #10, galerie Marine Veilleux, Paris
2013
Drawing room, with galerie Marine Veilleux, Montpellier
COOP1, La communale, Bidart
L’atelier des testeurs, Chalet Society, Paris
tricoter la ritournelle, galerie Marine Veilleux, Paris
Pavillon, collectif La Mobylette, Ancienne Bourse du travail, Valence
2012
Dropzone, par le collectif LaMobylette, Bordeaux
un gâteau pour les cerises, LeConfort Moderne, Poitiers
Vidéos d’artistes / l’homme qui marche, Ecole municipale des beaux
arts de Châteauroux
GROUP SHOWS
2011
Vern Volume, Vern sur Seiches.
Les mouches volent en carré, avec Julien Nédélec,
galerie Bendana-Pinel, Paris.
Ne jamais remettre à demain ce que l’on peut faire à une seule,
La Graineterie, Houilles sur une invitation de Julien Nédélec
des desseins animés, Ecole municipale des beaux arts, Châteauroux
2010
Salon d’art contemporain du BBB, Toulouse,
avec le collectif La Mobylette
L’art est ouvert, L’espace 3, Sarlat
In vivo, in vitro, Espace Francois Miterrand, Périgueux
Pièce unique, Biennale of Young artist, Moscou
55ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge
2009
Collection(s), dans le cadre du Festival Reims Scènes d’Europe
organisé par le FRAC Champagne Ardenne, Comédie de Reims
Modélisme, FRAC Limousin
Projet! #2, collectif La Mobylette Comptoir d’édition N’a qu’un oeil,
Bordeaux
Projet!, collectif La Mobylette, Kiosque Image, Paris
Toute chose ressemble à une femme à barbe 2, collectif La mobylette
A suivre, lieux d’art, Bordeaux
Salon du dessin contemporain, galerie Kandler (Toulouse), Paris
2008
Vidéo Kebab, collectif La Mobylette, Bordeaux
des dessins qui s’animent, organisée par le CCC, IUFM de Tours
F for fake, galerie exprmntl, Toulouse
2007
Mon beau tapin, collectif La Mobylette, Fondation Phénix, Bordeaux
Festival Temps d’images, La Ferme du buisson
2006
Rouler les mécaniques, FRAC Poitou Charentes, Linazay
Zéro et ses décimales, galerie Kapital, Chemnitz, Allemagne
Collection du FRAC Champagne Ardennes, la Chaudronnerie, Reims
2005
Ici l’ombre du Castel Coucou, Musée du Carreau Wendel, Forbach
Jeunisme 2, FRAC Champagne Ardennes.
Diffusion des démarches accessoires, Lieu Unique à Nantes
2003
Diffusion des Démarches accessoires, festival Bandits-mages,
Bourges.
Wonderland, Confort moderne, Poitiers.
2001
Diffusion de Plouxus 3 et 5, festival Bandits-mages,Bourges.
RESIDENCIES
2013 - August
Centre d’art 2Angles, Flers.
2010 - March/September
L’appart, Poitiers
2008/2009
Château de Monbazillac, France
2007/2008 - December/March
Ecole d’art municipale Marcel Duchamp, Châteauroux
2007 - August/September
L’espace d’art contemporain, La Rochelle
2006/2007 - December/March
Collège André Brouillet, Couhé organized by FRAC Poitou Charentes
2006 - March/June
Association Pollen, Monflanquin
GRANTS / ACQUISITIONS
2012
Acquisition, Artothèque de Pessac
2010
Acquisition, Musée de Chateauroux
Creation Grant, DRAC Aquitaine
2005
Acquisition, FRAC Champagne Ardennes
Creation Grant, DRAC Poitou Charentes
PUBLICATIONS
2012
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
Jérôme Dupeyrat, Superstition
Exhibition catalogue Vern Volume, Charlotte Blin
Exhibition catalogue, Salon de Montrouge, Jens Emil Sennewald
Exhibition catalogue Projet!
L’atelier de la chute, texts by Isabelle Delamont & Julien Zerbone
Performer
Exhibition catalogue, Monflanquin, Pollen
texts by Didier Arnaudet & de Julien Zerbone
Exhibition catalogue, Ici l’ombre du Castel Coucou
Exhibition catalogue, Jeunisme 2, texts by Christophe Khim.
Exhibition catalogue Mulhouse 004.