Johan Grimonprez
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"In the course of several sections, Grimonprez brings his works face to face with contemporary and historical counterparts, some taken from the Internet. He enters into dialogue with the artists Roy Villevoye and Jan Dietvorst and also with other makers of film and television including Adam Curtis, Brian Springer, the Yes Men, Dr. John Mack and Adbusters. Using documentary material, found footage, items from historical archives, his own home videos, news pictures, advertising, video clips and excerpts from Hollywood films, Grimonprez tries in his own way to make sense of the wreckage wrought by History."--"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" --It's a Poor Sort of Memory that Only Works Backwards (2011-2012) at SMAK |
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Johan Grimonprez (born 1962) is a Belgian artist, filmmaker, and curator known for such film essays as Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) and Double Take (2009).
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Personal life
Grimonprez was born in 1962 in Roeselare, Belgium. After studying cultural anthropology, he went on to complete his studies in photography and mixed media at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. Grimonprez earned an MFA in Video & Mixed Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 1993, Grimonprez was admitted to the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and later attended the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, Netherlands. In 1993, Grimonprez worked on the series Besmette Stad for the program Ziggurat on Belgian television.
Filmography
Feature films
- Blue Orchids (2017), documentary
- The Shadow World (2016), documentary
- Double Take (2009)
- Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997)
Shorts
- "I may have lost forever my umbrella" (2011)
- "…because Superglue is forever" (2011), work version of How to Rewind Your Dog
- "Looking for Alfred" (2005), also installation
- "The Hitchcock Castings" (2005)
- "Ron Burrage, Hitchcock Double" (2005)
- "LOST NATION, January 1999" (1999)
- "Smell the flowers while you can" (1993)
- "Well, you can't go to California, that's the first place they'll look for you" (1993)
- "Kobarweng or Where is Your Helicopter?" (1992)
- "Nimdol June 18, 1959" (1990)
Television
- Besmette Stad, produced by Ziggurat, Belgian TV BRT/TV1 (1993, restored in 2007)
Multimedia
- YouTube Me and I Tube You, On Zapping: Close Encounters and the Commercial Break (in association with Charlotte Léouzon for Are You Ready for TV?, Barcelona: MACBA & Houston: Blaffer Art Museum & Ghent: S.M.A.K., 2010), 2-channel interactive installation and web project
- Hitchcock didn't have a belly button: Interview with Karen Black by Johan Grimonprez (in co-production with Los Angeles: The Hammer Museum Residence, 2009), audio installation
- It will be all right if you come again, only next time don't bring any gear, except a tea kettle... (Brussels: Les Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts & Ghent: S.M.A.K. 1994), 5-channel video installation
- Bed (Deerlijk: Gemeentemuseum, 2005), interactive installation
Vlogs
- Manipulators: Maybe the sky is really green and we're just colorblind (in association with Charlotte Léouzon for Ghent: ZooLogical Garden, Munich: Pinakothek der Moderne, 2006), YouTube-o-theque
- Maybe the Sky is Really Green, and We’re Just Colourblind (Stockholm: Magasin 3, 2000–2002) video lounge
- Dorothy Doesn't Live Here Anymore... (in co-production with Büro Friedrich, Berlin, 1997–2001) video lounge
- Beware! In playing the phantom you become one (in association with Herman Asselberghs, 1994–1998) video library. French version: Prends garde! A jouer au fantôme, on le devient (Paris: Musée National d'Art Moderne /Centre Georges Pompidou, 1997). German version: Vorsicht! Wer Phantom Spielt wird selbst eins (Kassel: Documenta X, 1997)
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