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> artistes en résidence > Johan Thom artistes en résidence > Johan Thom < 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > artistes en résidence Sommaire centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > 1Johan Thom/02 - 09/04 2004 Itinerary 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 3 [E] 7 Johan Thom’s works Project 8 [E]-[F] CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 2 > artists in residence Johan Thom centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Johan Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 Born in 1976 in Johannesburg, South Africa (South Africa) Education [1999] Bachelor of Fine ArtsA (FA), University of Pretoria [2003] Master of Fine Arts, Technikon Pretoria National Group Exhibitions [1995, 1996, 1998, and 2001] “PPC Young Sculptor's Competition” held annually at the Association of Arts in Pretoria. [1996, 1998, and 2001] “Sasol New Signatures Competition” held annually at the Pretoria Art Museum. [1995, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004] “Kempton Park Tembisa Metropolitan Art Competition” held annually by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan in Kempton Park. [1999, 2004] “ABSA Atelier Fine Arts Award” (Catalogue) [1999] “Gender Day Exhibition” University of Pretoria Fine Arts Gallery. “Exit”, Final Year Group Exhibition of the Fine Art Department of the University of Pretoria, African Window Cultural Museum Gallery, Pretoria. “Double Exposure”, Group Exhibition, Vos Gallery, Pretoria. [2001] “Launch”, Group Exhibition, the Open Window Gallery, Pretoria. [2002] “Drawing Conclusions” Group Exhibition curated by Dianne Victor held at the Association of Art, Pretoria. Technikon Pretoria Senior Student show at the Millennium Gallery in Pretoria. “Sasol New Signatures” Past Winners Exhibition, Sasolburg. Artists included were Renier Le Roux, Frikkie Eksteen and Hannecke Benade amongst others. “Caya Art Festival” Group Exhibition Springs. “Sasol New Signatures” Past Winners Group Exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum. “Fantastic Rubbish” Group Exhibition held at the Ubuntu Village, curated by Jeanne Hoffman for “Mission Antarctica” to coincide with the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg 2002. Other participating artists included Willem Bosshof, Gordon Froud, Lisa Grobler, Richman Buthelezi and Jan van der Merwe (Catalogue) “Exorcism: I am no-one” held at the Snowflake gallery during the Potchefstroom Annual National Art Festival, Potchefstroom “Kick-Back” Group Exhibition held at C3 Gallery, Jeppestown Johannesburg July 2002 with Sotiris Moldivanos, Carine Zaayman, Cobus Haupt and Sarel Janse van Rensburg. “The Spacing”, Digital Art Group Show hosted by the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Musicology of the University of South Africa (Unisa) in Pretoria. Curators were: Elfriede Dreyer, Ania Krajewska and Carine Zaayman. Artists included Wilma Cruise, Marcus Neustetter, Minette Vari, and Jan van der Merwe. CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 3 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Johan Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 (follow) [2002] “A Show of Angels” Group Exhibition held at the Open Window Academy of Fine Art and Design, Pretoria. [2003] Technikon Pretoria Lecturers Show at the Theo van Wyk gallery at the University of Pretoria “The Brett Kebble Art Awards” held in Cape Town (Catalogue). [2004] “Unititled” group exhibition at the Secret Gallery, Pretoria “Intervention”, group exhibition in honour of south Africa`s 10 Years of Democracy at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park, Johannesburg - 4 September - 2 October 2004. The Cube Exhibition at Carfax, Newtown, Friday, 27 August. “Geslag”, Group Exhibition as part of Aardklop 2004 (The potchefsroom national Arts Festival) at Snowflake Gallery, Potchefstroom. “Arbitration”, group exhibition in honor of South Africa`s 10 Years of Democracy at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park, Johannesburg - 2 October - 6 November 2004. “Concilliation”, group exhibition in honor of South Africa`s 10 Years of Democracy at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park, Johannesburg - 4 November - 4 December 2004 “Young Vision 2004”, group show of young artiosts work curated by Kay Hassan and held from 12 - 25 November 2004 at the Alliance Francais, Johannesburg. International Shows [2003] “Recycling the Future: viverevenezia2”, a group show curated by Angela Vetesse as part of the 50th Annual Venice Biennale, “Dreams and Conflicts”, curated by Francesco Bonami “Nemo Separitat: Nothing separates us” curated by Alex Zika as part of his MA show at Central St Martins, London. [2004] One Night Show, Group show held at 291 Gallery, East End Gallery District, London, February 2004 “Lost In Translation” curated by Ales Vaupotic and Narvika Bovcon as part of The Tenth International Computer Arts Festival, Maribor, Ljubijana (Slovenbia), Graz (Austria), Zagreb (Croatia), May 2004 organized by the Artnet.Lab and the Mladinski Kulturni Center (MKC), Maribor. “X”, an Exhibition in Celebration of Ten Years of Democracy in South Africa, curated by Kelly O`Reilly at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, London. Solo Shows [2003] “The Exorcism Series”, a Masters Degree show held from 9-30 April 2003, to fulfill in the requirements of the Masters degree MTech Faro, Technikon Pretoria, at the National Cultural History Museum, Pretoria. [2004] “bind/ontbind series” at Outlet, Pretoria from 6 - 31 March 2004 Performance art/Interventions [2000] “strip/peeled/pack/sealed”, Kempton Park Tembisa Metropolitan Art competition. CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 4 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Johan Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 (follow) [2001] [2002] [2003] [2004] “Risen”, performance at Gordon Froud`s exhibition Plastic by Nature, African Window Cultural History Museum in Pretoria. “Probing the Epiphany” at Drawing Conclusions curated by Dianne Victor at the Association of Art, Pretoria “Enfantada” held at the Snowflake Gallery on the 25th of September, during the Potchefstroom Annual National Art Festival. “i am no-one” as part of the “Violence and Happiness Series” held at the National Cultural History Museum, Pretoria on the 9th of April 2003 to coincide with the opening of The Exorcism Series, the Masters Degree show of Johan Thom “bind/ontbind”, a series of 13 performances held in Venice to coincide with the 50th Annual Venice Biennale 2003. “bind/ontbind”, 2 performances held at the Potchefstroom Annual National art Festival as part of the “Art Under Construction” project curated by Abrie Fourie “teaching art teaching life”, solo performance held at Magnolia Dell, Pretoria “here/now”, a 24 hour intervention as part of the “Violence and Happiness series” at Outlet, 26-27 November, Pretoria “excogitations”, a group sound performance curated by Abrie Fourie, as part of Outlet Currents!, held at the Pretoria Art Museum. Participating artists included Gito Baloi, James Webb, Thomas Barry, Joao Orreccio, Nathaniel Stern. “minotaur series” (an ongoing series), 3 public performances held as part of the DI.E.N.S. project, curated by Lise Grobler and held at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn “minotaur series” - single performance held at the Bag Factory, Johannesburg, 11 May “minotaur series” - single performance held in Johannesburg as part of a 24hour residency with Christian Nerf at the Nelson Mandela Bridge, Newtown. “minotaur series” - single performance held in Johannesburg as part the Cube Exhibition at Carfax, Newtown “minotaur series” - Three hour performance held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery to coincide with “Intervention”, a group exhibition in honour of south Africa`s 10 Years of Democracy at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Joubert Park, Johannesburg - 4 September - 2 October 2004. “minotaur series” - Single performance in Soweto, Johannesburg held as part of the Playtime Festival held annually, curated and organized by Henri Vergon of the Alliance Francaise - 7 October “minotaur series” - Single performance commissioned by SASOL and held at their headquarters on Monday 8 November 2004, Rosebank, Johannesburg Awards/Residencies, Grants and Fellowships: [2001] Judges Award, Frank Ledimo, “Sasol New Signatures National Art Competition” for the multimedia installation CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 5 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Johan Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 (follow) [2001] [2004] “Thula-Thula Baba! Post-traumatic stress disorder” Merit Award PPC Young Sculptors National Art Competition for the multimedia installation “Bi-polar Disorder: Defining the impasse” Awarded the Ampersand Foundation Fellowship in New York for June-August, 2005 Academic Conferences and Seminars [1999] Gender Day Conference hosted by the Center for Gender Equality at the University of Pretoria - “Simon says and most men do” (published) [2000] The 16th Annual Art Historians Conference in hosted by Rhodes University in Grahamstown - “Consumerism and Transcendence: Defining freedom of choice within Postmodern South Africa” (unpublished) [2002] The 18th Annual Art Historians Conference hosted by the University of Pretoria in Pretoria - “Taming the Trojan Horse: Disarming the Politics of Otherness in a Postcolonial (African) Context”(published in proceedings of the annual conference) [2003] “The Exorcism Series: Identity in a Postcolonial South African Context” - a research methodology seminar held at the Technikon Witwatersrand on 11 August 2003 “Postmodernism as a continuation of western dominance: discourse, power and the other”, a research presentation held at the Technikon Pretoria as part of the Research Conference held annually. Community Workshops [2002] Caya Art Festival “Voices of the Children” community art project hosted by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan in Springs 2429 June 2002. This project was exhibited at the Johannesburg International Airport as an installation for the duration of the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg 2002. Lecturing/Work Experience: [2002] Part time lecturer in first year Sculpture at Technikon Pretoria from January 2002. Part time lecturer in Post-colonial Studies at the Technikon Pretoria for Theory of Art 400. Part time lecturer at the Design School of Southern Africa in Pretoria and Johannesburg in History of Art and Design from January 2002 - April 2003 [2003] Part time lecturer in History of Art and Design 2 & 3 from at the Department of Graphic Design, Technikon Pretoria. Part time lecturer in first year Multi-Disciplinary Studies at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Technikon Pretoria. [2004] Part time lecturer in Postmodernism, Performance art and Feminism and Video Art at the Tshwane University of Technology for Theory of Art 400. CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 6 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > 1Johan Thom6/02 - 09/04 200416/02 - 09/04 2004 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 7 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Johan Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 Projet Project The Minotaur Series #14 Participation sonore de Christophe Fellay The Minotaur Series #14 A multimedia collaboration with Christophe Fellay Johan Thom est un des seul artiste performeur d'Afrique du Sud. Son travail traite principalement des relations complexes entre mythologie et le corps. Il construit des espaces alternant la sensation d'être dans le monde avec celle d'expérimenter le monde à travers la réinterprétation de formes traditionnelles de pratiques culturelles tels que rituels, performances et installations in situ. Johan Thom is one of the only practicing fulltime performance artists in South Africa. His works deal mostly with the complex relationship between, mythology (of which he views philosophy, politics and art as being part of), and the body. He constructs alternate spaces of being in the world and of experiencing the world through the re-interpretation of traditional forms of cultural practice such as rituals, performances and sitespecific installations. From traditional African mythologies and rituals to those considered Western in origin, they all form a part of a new personal history - a personal history not defined by the limits of our knowledge but by the freedom of individuals to re-imagine themselves living in a culturally, politically and socially hybrid world. Inspirées autant des mythologies africaines traditionnelles que des rituels considérés d'origine européennes, ces performances donnent forme à une nouvelle histoire personnelle échappant ainsi aux limites de notre connaissance et permettant une nouvelle liberté individuelle à travers la réimagination d'un monde hybride culturellement, politiquement et socialement. Ces dernières années, Johan Thom a créé une nouvelle série d'œuvres intitulée « The Minotaur Series ». Cette série se compose de différentes performances, vidéos et installations qui sont toutes reliées au mythe grec du Minotaure - créature à tête de taureau et au corps d'homme. Avec « Minotaur Series #14”, cette série s'est enrichie de la collaboration multi-disciplinaire et multi-culturelle entre Johan Thom et Christophe Fellay. Ce travail se compose de 7 vidéos projetées sur les surfaces de miroirs suspendus, disposés en cercle. Cette installation est tout à la fois la documentation tridimensionnelle en temps réel d'une performance, une expérience cinétique, une expérience sensorielle auditive et une expérience physique : le spectateur semble entrer dans une réalité tridimensionnelle où les silhouettes projetées se déplacent dans l'espace environnant. A ce travail plastique s'associe une bande sonore improvisée in situ par Christophe Fellay ajoutant ainsi un autre niveau d'expérience pour le spectateur. Johan Thom a présenté son travail au Forum d'Art Contemporain (FAC) à Sierre, au côté de l'artiste hollandais Yan Duyvendak, du 12 au 15 janvier. His project is at once anarchist and socially reaffirming: For him, there can be no freedom from the weight of history if we continuously allow our history to be decided for us only by greater exigencies external to ourselves. As long as we allow others to speak for us we will remain, quite literally, spoken for. For the past year Johan Thom has been making a new series of works entitled the “Minotaur Series”. The series consists of various performances, videos and installations that are all conceptually tied to the Greek myth of the Minotaur - the half human half animal borne from Minos` broken promise to Poseidon. With the Minotaur Series #14 the series will be completed as a Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Cultural collaboration between Johan Thom and Christophe Fellay. The work will be comprised of 7 Videos projected onto hanging class surfaces, arranged in a circle format, and a musical score composed as a direct response to the work, by Christophe Fellay. The installation is at once a real-time 3-dimensional documentation of a performance, a cinematic experience, an audio sensory experience and a physical experience: for the viewer it will seem as if they enter into a 3 dimensional reality as the figure CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 8 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > Joham Thom 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 (follow) in the projected video moves around the space. However, the individual projections on the glass panels will also allow the artist to create intricate sequences of simple actions that may be repeated. (For example, through clever editing, a single movement such as the clapping of hands may be repeated in sequence on each panel in to complete the circle). This will be coupled with a soundtrack by Christophe Fellay as an in situ improvisational response to the work - creating yet another layer of experience for the viewer as they make connections between the various physical and cultural dimensions of the project. Thus, Fellay will literally create the soundtrack in the venue where the work is exhibited as a musical performance, but also as a soundtrack based on contextually-site specific considerations of each different venue (responding to its architectural layout, cultural influences, social history, geographic placement and political history). In the installation, a fictional space comprised of hybrid multi-cultural influences will be established. This space will be juxtaposed with both the realtime movements documented by the 7 individual cameras used in the pre-production phase of the project (when the performance by Johan Thom is documented) and that of the viewers individual movements in the space. Ultimately this fictional space will then become open to the viewer as they enter it and experience it through sound, sight and their physical movement in the space of the installation. The work is a meditation on the possibilities of digital technologies (sound and video projections coupled with traditional forms of cultural; expression like performance) to establish new, but also to examine previously unexplored or neglected, fictional spaces for the expression of contemporary culture. However, it is at the point where the individual viewer establishes a real relationship with the work that the capacity of the work to conflate the boundaries between fact and fiction, reality and desire will begin to function. CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 9 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > 1Johan Thom6/02 - 09/04 200416/02 - 09/04 2004 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 The Minotaur Series #14 - video installation. FAC, Sierre, 2005 The Minotaur Series #14 - musical performance. FAC, Sierre, 2005 CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 10 > artistes en résidence centre de réflexion sur l’image et ses contextes > 1Johan Thom6/02 - 09/04 200416/02 - 09/04 2004 07/11.04 - 16/01/05 The Minotaur Series #14 - performance. FAC, Sierre, 2005 CRIC – Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais rue Bonne-Eau 16 – CH-3960 Sierre – T-: +41 27 456 55 11 – F-: +41 27 456 55 30 – E-: [email protected] – [email protected] – http://www.ecav.ch 11