Nicolas Boillot
Born in 1979 in Pontarlier, France
Nationality : French/Swiss
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Espace culture multimedia La Gare, Coustelet, France
2009 La Bande Video, Quebec, Canada
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2009 Norapolis VII, Les Trinitaires, Metz, France
2009 Spoiler, Mix’Art Myrys, Toulouse, France
2008 Norapolis VI, Les Trinitaires, Metz, France
2007 8th Video, Art and New Media Biennial of Santiago, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
2007 Les bourgeons numériques, The municipal theatre, Castres, France
2006 Le temps des appareils – Part 2, Le Cube, Issy Les Moulineaux, France
2006 Le temps des appareils, Faux-Mouvement, Metz, France
2006 25th Viper : International Film, Video & New Media Festival, [plug.in] gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2005 Symbiosis : Zones of Contact, Luarca, Spain
2005 Dipsomania, Les abattoirs – Toulouse, France
2002 Rob’O : Architecture of images, Vasarely Fondation – Aix-en-Provence, France
2001 Mutator : Performance, installation and design, Biennale Off – St Etienne, France
Online exhibitions
2007 Transmediale.07 / TM20 / Web-based Entries, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2006 Art Tech Media, Presidencia Gobierno de Canarias, Tenerife | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa – MACUF, A Coruña | Museo Vasco Artium, Vitoria | Museo Da2, Salamanca | Centro Párraga, Murcia | BilbaoArte, Bilbao | Casa Asia, Barcelona | CCCB, Barcelona | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Residences
2010 La Chambre blanche, Quebec, Canada (upcoming)
2009 Espace culture multimedia La Gare, Coustelet, France
2009 La Bande Video, Quebec, Canada
2007 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
Lecture and workshop
2009 Intervention on interactive numeric video. ITIN, Cergy Pontoise, France
2007 Workshop with art and virtual reality students on the creation of interactive projects and real time installations with EyesWeb. ITIN / National Art school of Cergy Pontoise, Cergy Pontoise, France
2004 Seminar Explore the memory : Art / Cognition / Technology / Handicap, Cypres Association – Marseille, France
Qualification
2004 Master Degree in Digital Arts (D.E.A.), graduated with honours
(2003-2004) University of Poitiers/La Rochelle – Art School of Poitiers / Angoulême, France
2003 National Superior Art School Diploma (D.N.S.E.P.) – option Art
(2001-2003) Art School of Aix en Provence, France
2001 National Art School Diploma (D.N.A.P.) – option Art
(1998-2001) Art School of Montpellier, France
Training
2006 The EyesWeb Week – The 1st Tutorial on the EyesWeb Open Platform
InfoMus Lab – DIST – University of Genova, Italy
2004 Workshop – OpenMedia/Tactical Media dedicated to open-source tools in multi/inter-media application Art School of Poitiers / Angoulême, France
2003 Workshop – The technology of real-time interaction in the field of art
Espace Mendès France – Poitiers, France
2001 Workshop – Code Art, Initiation to Lingo programming
Art School of Aix en Provence, France
2001 Workshop – Arc Rêve, Initiation to VRML
Art School of Aix en Provence, France
2001 Workshop – Around Max Audio, Initiation to Max/MSP
GMEM – Marseille, France
Other works
Video programmation for Blade Affection by Emilie Aussel and Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber. An interactive multi-screen performance for voice and electronics. Three soprano singers interact in real-time with the amplitude of there voice on the video broadcast. (April – June 2006).
Creator with Rudy Morin of the website Eyesweb Symposia Resource and help for EyesWeb users and developers (August 2005)