Born in Colmar in 1983, Clément Cogitore lives and works between Paris and Berlin. After studying at Le Fresnoy, the French National Studio of Contemporary Art, Clément Cogitore developed his artistic practice at the crossroads of contemporary art and cinema. Combining film, video, installations and photographs, Cogitore questions the modalities of cohabitation between humankind and its own images and representations. Rituality, collective memory, figuration of the sacred, as well as a particular idea of the permeability of worlds are leading trends in his practice. Cogitore’s work has notably been screened and exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, MADRE (Naples), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA (London), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), MACRO (Rome), MoMA (New York), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), MNBA (Québec), SeMA Bunker (Seoul), Red Brick Art Museum (Beijing), Kunsthaus Baselland (Basel), and biennials such as the Lyon Biennial (France), and the Berlin Biennial (Germany).
Les Indes Galantes Ciné-Corps film: Les Indes Galantesis an opera-ballet created by Jean-Philippe Rameau in 1753. Clément Cogitore adapts, in collaboration with three choreographers Bintou Dembélé, Brahim Rachiki, and Igor Carouge, a short part of the ballet by mobilizing a group of krump dancers, a dance form born in South Central Los Angeles in the early 1990s as an expression of protest against police brutality. The colonial overtones of this 18th-century opera, which presented toxic stereotypes of non-Europeans are removed in the film’s re-envisioning, opening up a space for collective movements that offer justice, inclusion, and freedom to everyone.
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
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