Robert Cahen, Voyage d’hiver
1993, 19 min, color, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.
Robert Cahen velja za enega najpomembnejših francoskih video umetnikov. V Cahenovem edinstveno niansiranem svetu sta tako fikcija kot dokument predstavljena kot metaforična potovanja v domišljijo, izvrstna sanjarjenja, ki opisujejo prehode časa, kraja, spomina in zaznavanja. Antarktika je tema tega vizualno močnega potovanja v neznano.
Recognized as one of France’s foremost video artists. In Cahen’s uniquely nuanced world, fiction and document alike are presented as metaphoric voyages of the imaginary, exquisite reveries that describe passages of time, place, memory and perception. The Antarctic is the subject of this visually powerful journey into the unfamiliar.
Robert Cahen se je rodil leta 1945 v Valencu v Franciji. Diplomiral je na Conservatoire National Superieur Musique de Paris in bil v letih 1971-74 član Groupe de Recherche Musicales de l’ORTF (Urad za francoski radio in televizijo). V letih 1973-76 je bil direktor eksperimentalnega videa pri ORTF/INA. Številna njegova filmska in video dela so nastala v sodelovanju z Institut National Audiovisuel (INA), francosko televizijsko produkcijsko hišo. Njegovi videoposnetki so bili predvajani in razstavljeni po vsem svetu, v institucijah in na festivalih, kot so Pariški bienale, Muzej moderne umetnosti v New Yorku, Nacionalni video festival Ameriškega filmskega inštituta v Los Angelesu, World Wide Video Festival v Haagu, Mednarodni fotografski center v New Yorku, Documenta 8 v Kasslu v Nemčiji, FestRio v Braziliji, Festival v Tokiu in Festival v Locarnu v Italiji. Celotna retrospektiva njegovega dela je bila leta 2010 razstavljena v Galerie Nationale Jeu de Paume v Parizu.
Robert Cahen was born in Valence, France in 1945. He graduated from the Conservatoire National Superieur Musique de Paris, and was a member of the Groupe de Recherche Musicales de l’ORTF (the Office of French Radio and Television) from 1971-74. From 1973-76, he was director of Experimental Video for ORTF/INA. Many of his film and video works have been produced in conjunction with Institut National Audiovisuel (INA), the French television production facility. His videotapes have been broadcast and exhibited internationally, at institutions and festivals including the Paris Biennale; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; American Film Institute National Video Festival, Los Angeles; World Wide Video Festival, The Hague; International Center of Photography, New York; Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany; FestRio, Brazil; Tokyo Festival; and the Festival of Locarno, Italy. A complete retrospective of his work was exhibited at Galerie Nationale Jeu de Paume, Paris in 2010.