Dominique Moulon
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Dominique Moulon is a historian
of art and technology, specializing in French digital art
. He is the author of the book Art contemporain nouveaux médias.
and computer art
by obtaining a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique in 1987 from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art in Bourges
France. In 1993 he obtained a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en esthétique, sciences et technologies des arts from the University of Paris VIII.
In 2002 he completed an extensive research project called Outils et Création Numérique, which in detail conveyed the techniques computer artists were using in France. He paid close attention to interactivity
and developed a philosophical investigation of the real and the virtual
, and its multisensory nature by stressing an aesthetics
of technology
. This work was conducted for the Recherche et Innovation de la Délégation aux Arts Plastiques du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Here Moulon began his work documenting the historical record of the relationship between technology and digital
forms of art, extending the historic work of Frank Popper
, Jack Burnham
and Gene Youngblood
. Key to his initial thinking and activities as an aesthetician, cultural theorist, curator
, teacher, and art critic
was his encounter with the work of Pierre Restany
, Jean-Louis Boissier, Roy Ascott
, Edmond Couchot
, Christine Buci-Glucksmann
and Fred Forest
.
Working with the Délégation au Développement et aux Affaires Internationales, in 2004 he created a website to share his research at nouveauxmedias.net. He also is responsible for the digital art section of the French paper magazine "Images Magazine" and was a visiting instructor in 2007 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
of art and technology, specializing in French digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
. He is the author of the book Art contemporain nouveaux médias.
Background
Dominique Moulon began his activities as an art historian of new media artNew media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
and computer art
Computer art
Computer art is any art in which computers play a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation...
by obtaining a Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique in 1987 from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art in Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
France. In 1993 he obtained a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en esthétique, sciences et technologies des arts from the University of Paris VIII.
In 2002 he completed an extensive research project called Outils et Création Numérique, which in detail conveyed the techniques computer artists were using in France. He paid close attention to interactivity
Interactivity
In the fields of information science, communication, and industrial design, there is debate over the meaning of interactivity. In the "contingency view" of interactivity, there are three levels:...
and developed a philosophical investigation of the real and the virtual
Virtual
The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also, differing denotations.The term has been defined in philosophy as "that which is not real" but may display the salient qualities of the real....
, and its multisensory nature by stressing an aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
of technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. This work was conducted for the Recherche et Innovation de la Délégation aux Arts Plastiques du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Here Moulon began his work documenting the historical record of the relationship between technology and digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
forms of art, extending the historic work of Frank Popper
Frank Popper
Frank Popper is a historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He has been decorated with the medal of the Légion d'honneur by the French Government...
, Jack Burnham
Jack Burnham
Jack Wesley Burnham Jr. is an American writer on art and technology, who taught art history at Northwestern University and the University of Maryland...
and Gene Youngblood
Gene Youngblood
Gene Youngblood is a theorist of media arts and politics, and a respected scholar in the history and theory of alternative cinemas. His Expanded Cinema , the first book to consider video as an art form, was influential in establishing the field of media arts as a recognized artistic and scholarly...
. Key to his initial thinking and activities as an aesthetician, cultural theorist, curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, teacher, and art critic
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
was his encounter with the work of Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany , was an internationally known French art critic and cultural philosopher.Restany was born in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Pyrénées-Orientales, and spent his childhood in Casablanca. On returning to France in 1949 he attended the Lycée Henri-IV before studying at universities in France,...
, Jean-Louis Boissier, Roy Ascott
Roy Ascott
Roy Ascott is a British artist and theorist, who works with cybernetics and telematics. He is President of the Planetary Collegium.- Biography :...
, Edmond Couchot
Edmond Couchot
-Life and work:Couchot is a Doctor of aesthetics in the visual arts. From 1982-2000 he headed the department of Arts and Technologies of the Image at the University Paris VIII. He continues to take part in speculative and hands-on study of digital imagery and virtual reality at University Paris...
, Christine Buci-Glucksmann
Christine Buci-Glucksmann
Christine Buci-Glucksmann is a French philosopher and Professor Emeritus from University of Paris VIII specializing in the aesthetics of the Baroque, Japan and computer art...
and Fred Forest
Fred Forest
Fred Forest is a French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone, telematics, and the internet in a wide range of installations, performances, and public interventions that explore both the ramifications and potential of media space...
.
Working with the Délégation au Développement et aux Affaires Internationales, in 2004 he created a website to share his research at nouveauxmedias.net. He also is responsible for the digital art section of the French paper magazine "Images Magazine" and was a visiting instructor in 2007 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Conférences on Art & Technology
- Forum des usages coopératifs, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Brest 2008.
- Art, médias, dispositifs, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing 2008.
- The Upgrade @ Mal au Pixel, avec les membres du collectif HeHE, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
2008. - Art, médias et dispositifs, Locus Sonus, Villa Arson, Nice 2008.
- Arts numériques & nouveaux médias, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing 2007.
- The Upgrade @ Seconde Nature, avec les membres du laboratoire Locus Sonus, Aix-en-ProvenceAix-en-ProvenceAix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
2007. - Jeudi Multimédia, Médiathèque Assia Djebar, Blanquefort 2007.
- Digital ArtDigital artDigital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
in Europe Now, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
2007. - The Upgrade, avec les membres du collectif CHDH, Point Ephémère, Paris 2007.
- Les pratiques du numérique dans la création artistique, Pôle de Ressources Arts Plastiques, RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
2007. - Marché International des Arts Numériques, Festival Elektra, Cinémathèque québécoise, MontréalMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
2007. - Media Art in France , Département Intermedia, Académie des Beaux-Arts de Hongris, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
2007. - The Upgrade, avec Maurice BenayounMaurice BenayounMaurice Benayoun is a French pioneer new-media artist and theorist based in Paris. His work employs various media, including video, immersive virtual reality, the Web, wireless technology, performance, large-scale urban art installations and interactive exhibitions.-Biography:Born in Mascara,...
, Galerie Numeriscausa, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
2006. - Les Arts Médiatiques en France, Manifestation d'Art Contemporain, Paris 2006.
- Art, Science, Technologie et Société, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing 2006.
- The Upgrade, avec Antoine Schmitt, Ars Longa, Paris 2006.
- Le numérique et l'acte photographique aujourd'hui, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, ArlesArlesArles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
2006. - Forum des usages coopératifs, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Brest 2006.
- New Media Art in France, an overview, School of Visual ArtsSchool of Visual ArtsThe School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
2006. - New Media Art in France, an overview, Art Institute, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
2006. - Ecrits Ecrans Publics, Les expressions multimédia dans la ville, Le Quartz, Brest 2006.
- Arts et technologies, Espace Culture Multimédia La Maison Populaire, Montreuil 2005.
- Arts, sciences et technologies, ECM / Cyber-base du Carré Amelot, La Rochelle 2005.
- Les Imagies - Nouvelles images, nouvelles pratiques, CNDP - CRDP, MontpellierMontpellier-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
2005. - Rencontres Internationales de Lure, Lurs 2005.
- Rencontres Espace Culture Multimédia, Friche la Belle de Mai, MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
2005. - Les nouveaux médias dans l'art , Ecole de Communication Visuelle, Aix-en-ProvenceAix-en-ProvenceAix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
2005. - Digital art in France, School of Visual ArtsSchool of Visual ArtsThe School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
2005. - Les arts numériques en France, Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Techniques, Paris 2005.
- La forge des outils numériques, Ecole Supérieure de l'Image, Poitiers 2003.
- Et voilà le travail - Image par image, Montreuil 2003.
- Espaces publics : quels lieux communs, Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel 2001.
- La photographie après la photographie, exposition Biozones, Forum Culturel de Blanc-Mesnil 2001.
Jury References
- Aide à la Création Multimédia Expérimentale, Acadi, Paris 2008.
- Ecole de Communication Visuelle, Section Nouvelles Images, BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
2008. - Aide à la Création Multimédia Expérimentale, Acadi, Paris 2008.
- Thèse "Impressions visuelles de l’art à la science" de Sylvie Huart, ATI, Université Paris VIII 2008.
- Aide à la Création Multimédia Expérimentale, Acadi, Paris 2007.
- Aide à la Création Multimédia Expérimentale, Acadi, Paris 2006.
- Diplôme de Communication Visuelle, Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Techniques, Paris 2005.
- Diplôme de Concepteur en Communication Visuelle, Ecole de Communication Visuelle, BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
2001.