JEAN-CLAUDE BUSTROS The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema

JEAN-CLAUDE BUSTROS
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
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Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University
1455, de Maisonne uve West
Montréal, Québec
H3G-1M8
Canada
[email protected]
200620062005-
Founder, director, Schema Hypercinema Lab, Montréal, Canada
Board of directors, Dazibao gallery, Montréal, Canada
Associate Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema , Concordia
University, Montréal
2004Board of directors : CIAM (Centre Inter Universitaire des Arts
Médiatiques) Montréal, Canada
2003Member/researcher Hexagram (Institute for research creation in
media arts and technologies)
2003Member/researcher CIAM (Centre Inter Universitaire des Arts
Médiatiques) Montréal, Canada
2000- 05 Assistant Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema , Concordia
University, Montréal, Canada
1999
Recipient Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Distinguished
Teaching Award
1995- 96 President : IMAA (Independent Media Arts Alliance) IMAA represents
more than 40 artist run centers dedicated to Film, Video and New
Media across Canada
1993- 95 Board of directors, IMAA.
1992- 94 President: Main Film, Association of independent filmmakers of
Montréal, Canada
1989- 1990 Vice president: Main Film
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Creative and curatorial work_overview_____________________________
Portrait of Raffi. 2006
Interactive installation. 5 channel (4 plasma displays and one video projection)
4 computers, 5 sensors, six speakers.
The Parisian Laundry October 24 to December 5 2006
RIVIÈRE / RIVER 2002-2007
A three part project.
Part 1 :River-0 Presentation format 16mm film and DVD -17min. Distributor :
Light Cone, Paris
Selected scenes from Marlon Brando’s Hollywood classic ‘’One Eyed Jacks’’ (in
16 mm version and digital video version). Selected screenings :
Festival Nouveau Cinéma et Nouveaux Médias , Montréal
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA
Images du Nouveau Monde, Québec
Edges, Victoria BC Canada
Scratch , Paris France
Cinémathèque Française, Paris, Sept 2006
Part 2 : River-1 : October 2007
Part 3 : River –2 : October 2007
Cairo 65 2003
16mm film -17 minutes (S8 film, digital video. Presentation format 16mm film
and DVD)
10 days of Canadian and German experimental films of the 90’s
1998
Retrospective at the Goethe Institute , Montréal May 21 to June 1st
Curator of the Canadian section. Co-director of the event in collaboration with
Kaisa Tikkanen.
A program of 32 Canadian experimental films of the the 1990’s presented
alongside the German retrospective prepared by Jochen Coldewey In Munich.
RELIEFS 1995 83 min. 16mm col. documentary.
Selected screenings :
Biennale du film sur l'art, Paris.
Festival International du film sur l'Art, Montréal.
Encontras Internacional cinema documental, Portugal
Rendez -Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Canada
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The 5 Days of Independe nt Canadia n Cinema 1994 edition
November 8 to 13, Montréal.
Curator and director. A bi-annual showcase of canadian indie production. This
edition which I coordinated focused on more experimental approaches and also
featured guest artist/ curator Yan Beauvais from Light Cone distribution in
Paris.
Pierre et Lumière / Stone and light 1992
Museum of Civilization, Montréal
Photograpghy exhibition. 95 large format photographs exploring ornemental
sculpture of turn of the century architecture in Montréal. July to October
1992. Official exhibit of the 350 years celebrations.
ZÉRO GRAVITÉ,1990, Experimental 28 min.(16mm color & BW) Distributor :
Light Cone, Paris
Recycled educational film footage.
Selected screenings :
5 Days of Canadian Independent Cinema, Montréal,
Cinéma Parallèlle du 14 au 19 Nov. 1990.
Délégation Générale du Québec à Paris.
Images festival (Toronto) - Festival of Festivals (Toronto) - La Mostra (Sao
Polo, Brésil) - Festival du film et de la vidéo expérimental Vfiper (Luzern,
Suisse) - Melbourne int. film fest (Australie) –
Yorkton independent Film Festival (Ontario) Awarded - Athens film fest (U.S.A)
« LE CINÉMA DÉMONTÉ » found footage film retrospective, Geneva, June 92.
LIGHT CONE experimental film tour, Spain, 93.
Rencontre du cinéma expérimental de Bilbao, Spain,
Centre Georges Pompi dou , Paris, ex position: "LES CINÉMAS DU
CANADA" February /June 1993.
Cité du livre : le cinéma expérimental aujourd’hui. Aix en Provence, March 95.
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume , Paris. RECYCLED IMAGES
July / September 1995.
Illuminating Vertigo Berlin January 2005
The Catastrophe exhibition Oberhausen Germany 2002 , Bilbao Spain 2003,
Milan Italy 2003
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LA QUEUE TIGRÉE D'UN CHAT COMME UN PENDENTIF DE PAREBRISE
1989 16mm, color 26min.
Distributor : Light Cone, Paris
Experimental documentary,Recycled educational film footage.
Selected screenings :
The GRIERSON documentary seminar, Toronto - Mannheim International Film
Festival, Germany - La tournée québécoise de films indépendants, Organized by
Main Film summer 1990 Festival of Festivals, Toronto - La Mostra (Sao Polo, Brésil) Vancouver International Film Festival- Göteborg International Film Fest, Sweden
Rotterdam International Film Fest, Holland, March 91 - Melbourne int. film
festIval- Centre Georges Pompidou , Paris, exposition: "Les cinémas du Canada"
February / June 1993
LIGHT CONE experimental film tour, Spain, 93.
Cité du livre, le cinéma expérimental aujourd’hui. Aix en Provence.
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume , Paris. RECYCLED IMAGES July / September
1995.
FAKE SCIENCE 1987
16mm à vidéo, color 6 min. Collaboration with artist Monty Cantsin. Created to
accompany a live performance by the artist.
ESMERALDA 1983
LE VOYAGE IMMOBILE 1980
S8 film & vidéo, B&W 30 min. Created for Carbone 14.
1979 – 1982 ‘Les Enfants du Pa radi s’ currently known as ‘Carbone 14’
Stage photography, creation and production of filmic material used as part of
performances, Photography for catalogues and promotional material of the
group
Research funding_______________________________________
2006-09: Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC); “Rethinking
cinema, an autonomous screen for an active image”.
2005- CIAM/FQRSC :Tinkering Sensors and basic stamp workshop
2004- Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Research Creation Grant in
Media Arts.
2002- The Canada Council for the Arts; Research Creation Grant in Media Arts.
1998- The Canada Council for the Arts; Retrospective of Experimental Canadian
cinema at the Goethe
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1997- Conseil des Arts et des Lettres Québec, B grant. Research Creation Grant
in Media Arts
1995- The Canada Council for the Arts; B grant. Research Creation Grant in
Media Arts
1994- Arts Council of the Montreal Urban Community; Main Film The 5 days of
Canadian Independent Cinema
1994- The Canada Council for the Arts; The 5 days of Canadian Independent
Cinema, Main Film
1992- Société de développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) Jeunes
créateurs, aide à la production
1992- The Canadian Fund for non Theatrical production in film and video
1992- Comité organisateur du 350ièm anniversaire de Montréal, Reliefs
exhibition
1992- Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Reliefs exhibition project
1991- Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Québec, B grant, Research creation grant in
Media Arts
1991- The Canada Council for the Arts; Travel Grant
1992- Arts Council of the Montreal Urban Community; Reliefs Photo exhibition
1991- The Canada Council for the Arts; Travel Grant
1991- The Canada Council for the Arts ; Media Arts Film production grant
Consultancy w ork ___________________________________________
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec , Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin
2006
The Canada Council for the Arts; Funding for Art and litterature periodicals. May
2006
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec , Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin
2005
Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois 2005 : Juror for the Conseil des Arts et des
Lettres Prize
Canada Council, Grants to Media Arts Production Organizations, national
evaluation committee. Return Juror Fall 2003
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin
2003
The Canada Council for the Arts; Grants to Media Arts Production Organizations,
national evaluation committee. Fall 2002
Gala des MIM (International Market of Multimedia); Jury member for the MIM
d’ors awards September 2001, Montréal
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Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; from September 2000 to September
2001 Permanent assessor on the new ‘Prospection’ program for Media Arts
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; juror on “Promotion et Diffusion des
Arts visuels et des Arts Médiatiques” competition, November 2000
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; ‘Comité Consultatif’ Fonds de
Stabilisation de la culture . Media Arts Centers, May 2000
The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts Film and Video, Emerging artists
competition, professional artists, Research creation competition. July 2000
SODEC Aide aux Jeunes Créateurs; Aide à la production, March 1999
The Canada Council for the Arts; Assessment committee for the funding of
Canadian Cinematheques, November 1998
TeleFilm Canada Screenplay reader 1998.
The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts Film and Video, Emerging artists
competition, June 1997
Department of Heritage and Ancestral languages film and video competition,
August 1996
Department of Heritage and Ancestral languages film and video competition,
December 1995
The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts A and B grant competition in Film
December 1994
The Canada Council for the Arts; Exhibition and special projects competition
1994
Ministry of Culture, Québec, Technical ressources for artists competition,
Septembre 1994.
Ministry of Culture, Québec, Technical ressources for artists competition 1993
The Canada Council for the Arts; Media-Arts, Film competition, February 1992.
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