Workshop 1. True or False (Vrai ou Faux?)
Teacher: Veronique Bourgoin (Paris, France)
The border between the “True” and the “False” is neither static nor vertical. Our senses are taken by the products of a modern artillery, they mutate towards the world where nature moves away, replacing direct experience with experiences aided by technological progress. Where the real world is transformed into fiction, fiction takes the shape of reality… What is the borderline between true and false? The participants of the workshop tried to answer this question by means of photography. The workshop was set up as a space for questioning, reflection and debate, and an exploration of a personal artistic direction. In the students’ projects, investigation of intersections between expressive media rather than marking the borders between them was encouraged.
The workshop was a part of the project Vrai ou Faux? that unites several established European artists and supports younger artists through an international programme of workshops and residences.
Requirements/technique: There are no technical or other limitations for the participants who are free to use any analogical or digital medium. Please bring your portfolios.
Veronique Bourgoin was born in 1964 in Marseille, France. Since her graduation from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris in 1992, she makes photographic research through painting, sculpture and experimental films, focusing on the interaction between the personal and the collective. In 1988, she moved to Montreuil, where in 1994 together her partner she founded Atelier Reflexe - a pedagogical initiative for creation and promotion of young photography through a programme of international workshops, exhibitions and publications. Since 2004 she has directed several international artistic projects financed by the EU: EX-IN (2004-2005), EU Women (2006-2008) and the new project True or False? that will take place in 2010 - 2011. The projects support the creation, education, edition and exhibiting of her personal and collective artistic works that are shown at international festivals. In the last decade, Veronique Bourgoin had numerous personal and collective exhibitions in various prominent locations around Europe and in the US, and took part in numerous festivals, such as NY Photo Festival 2008 and 2009, Paris-Photo 2009, etc.