SMITH (artist)

Smith (stylized SMITH; Bogdan Chtuhlu Smith) is a French artist born in Paris in 1985.

Dorothée Smith

Biography

Smith has received several post-graduate degrees: from the Paris-Sorbonne University, in Philosophy, from the National School of Photography (Arles), from the Aalto University in Helsinki, and from the National Studio of Contemporary Arts - Le Fresnoy (Tourcoing). Smith is currently completing a PhD in Philosophy.

Smith's initial artistic medium was photography; later installations include a variety of media. His work, both plastic and theoretical, is now described as "indisciplinary".[1] Smith has engaged in collaborations with scientific and philosophical research teams and labs - such as the CNRS/IRCICA (French National Centre for Scientific Research) in 2012,[2] and the IRAP (Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie) in 2018.[3]

In the interactive installation "Cellulairement" (2012), a thermal capture device in the installation space was connected to an electronic chip implanted in Smith's body, allowing Smith to feel the presence of viewers.[1][4]

Many of Smith's works explore questions of gender and personal identity. The idea of transition is a central element of his artistic practice.[1] French photographer and photography specialist Arnaud Claass wrote about Smith's work, in the preface of Smith's first monographic book: "There is no mystery; SMITH's approach to the visible, at once luminarist and dark, is valid as an image of the uncertainty of sexual roles. Questions of gender, a current in philosophy over the last twenty years or more, occupy an important place in the intellectual development of [Smith's] oeuvre."[5]

His most recent projects are "Spectrographies" (2014), "TRAUM" (2015–18), "Saturnium" (2017) and "Desideration" (2019). They were presented during cinema festivals in Europe, at the Centre Pompidou and Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris), at the CND (Pantin), at the Dance Museum (Rennes) and at the CCN-ICI (Montpellier).

SMITH’s visual works were exhibited as solo shows at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie (Arles), at the Filles du Calvaire gallery and Palais de Toyko (Paris), at the Photographic Museum of Helsinki (Finland), as well as several countries in Europe (Sweden, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland), Asia (China, Cambodia, South Korea) and Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Uruguay).

His first book, "Löyly" (Filigranes) was published in 2013, followed by "Saturnium" (Actes Sud) in 2017, a long-length interview by art historian Christine Ollier in 2017, "Juste entre nous" (André Frère), the opera booklet "Astroblème" (Filigranes), and the traval-photobook "Valparaiso" (André Frère).

SMITH is currently completing a PhD (UQAM, Ca / Le Fresnoy, Fr).

Smith is represented by the gallery Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris.[6]

Books
  • Dorothée Smith (préf. Arnaud Claass), Löyly & Sub Limis, Le Château d’Eau, 26 January 2011 (ISBN 978-29-19398-03-4)
  • Dorothée Smith et Dominique Baqué, Löyly, Filigranes, 14 November 2013, 192 p. (ISBN 978-23-50462-96-7)
  • SMITH, Antonin Tri Hoang, Jean-Philippe Uzan, Claire Moulène et Alain Fleischer, Saturnium - Conte musical et photographique, Musicales Actes Sud, 6 September 2017, 68 p. (ISBN 3149028113723)
  • Christine Ollier, SMITH, André Frère Éditions, 10 November 2017, 128 p. (ISBN 979-10-92265-64-4)
  • SMITH, Astroblème, Coffret "1+2 L'origine manquante", Filigranes (ISBN 978-2-35046-457-2)

Solo exhibitions
  • 2008-2009 : galerie AnnexOne,[7][8] galerie Dask,[9] Copenhague
  • 2009 : Nuit Blanche, Chapelle de la maternité Sainte Croix, Metz,[10] avec une performance de Sir Alice
  • 2011-2015 : Löyly, 4th festival Photo Phnom Penh, Institut Français du Cambodge (commissariat de Christian Caujolle[11]); Encontros da Imagem,[12] Brago, Portugal; Festival Photofolies,[13] Rodez; The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finlande[14]
  • 2011 : Sub Limis, galerie du Château d'eau de Toulouse, Toulouse[15]
  • 2012-2013 : "Hear us marching up slowly", Rencontres d'Arles;[16] Photospring Festival of Caochangdi, Chine (commissaire : Didier de Faÿs)[17]
  • 2015 : Entre deux fantômes, Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy[18]
  • 2016 : Давайте Мечтать, galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris[19]
  • 2017 : TRAUM, Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico, Mexique;[20] Institut Chorégraphique International, Montpellier[21] (commissaire : Christian Rizzo)
  • 2018 : Spectrographies, San José foto Festival, Uruguay[22]

Selected works
  • 2009 Löyly, series of photographs
  • 2010 Sub Limis, series of photographs
  • 2011 C19H28O2 (Agnès), video installation[23]
  • 2012 Spectrographies, interactive installation[24]
  • 2015 TRAUM, transdisciplinary project (danse, cinema, sculpture, photography, performance)
  • 2017 Saturnium, series of photographs
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References
  1. Marull, Mélodie (30 March 2013). "Dorothée Smith | C19H28O2". BOUMBANG (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "LE FRESNOY - PANORAMA 14". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  3. De Bei, Andreina (14 June 2018). "Origine manquante : photographie et sciences dialoguent à Toulouse |". Sciencesetavenir (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Trailer of the installation "Cellulairement"
  5. "Dorothée Smith: Löyly& Sub Limis". Archived from the original on 2013-04-14.
  6. "Galerie les Filles du Calvaire".
  7. "patafilm # 643 " dorothee & anais"".
  8. "Invitation au vernissage" (PDF).
  9. "Dorothée Smith – Solo Exhibition at Dask Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark".
  10. "Sir Alice et Dorothée Smith, aux limites du genre". 2009-09-22.
  11. "Photo Phnom Penh 2011". Photography now. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 2018-05-22. Dorothee Smith
  12. "Encontros da imagem".
  13. ""La Vie en rose" pour la 26e édition des Photofolies".
  14. Rodez; The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finlande
  15. "Löyly & Sub Limis". 2011-01-26.
  16. "Dorothée Smith - Rencontres d'Arles".
  17. Pedroletti, Brice (2011-05-24). "Caochangdi Photospring - review". The Guardian.
  18. "Dorothée Smith : entre (deux) fantômes".
  19. "Давайте Мечтать".
  20. "Traum by Dorothée Smith".
  21. "SMITH Par/Ici".
  22. "San José Foto".
  23. Trailer of the installation C19H28O2 (Agnès)
  24. https://web.archive.org/web/20121206000034/http://www.cellulairement.net/. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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