Luc Courchesne
Luc Courchesne RCA D.F.A. (1952) is a Canadian artist and academic known for his work in interactive art.[1]
Luc Courchesne | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1952 |
| Occupation(s) | artist, professor |
| Notable work | Portrait One, Family Portrait |
| Website | courchel |
Life edit
Luc Courchesne was born May 20, 1952, in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in design from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1974. In the 1980s, he received a Master of Science degree in visual studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][4] Courchesne was a member of the MIT Media Lab at its inception in 1985.[5]
Courchesne was a professor of industrial design at the Université de Montréal.[6][7]
Work edit
Courchesne is known for his interactive video installations and environments. He began working in interactive video in 1984 when he co-authored Elastic Movies,[8] and since has produced many installation works and image series. In his early works such as Family Portrait and Portrait One (1989),[5][9] the viewer interacts with the a human image programmed to engage in a lifelike conversation with the viewer.[10][11] His later work Landscape One (1997)[5][12] surrounds the viewer with a 360 degree immersive and interactive video projection of a park.[13][14][15]
On September 11, 2001, while he was on assignment in New York City for a "Québec–New York" cultural event, Courchesne happened to be videotaping the smoldering North Tower of the World Trade Center as the second plane hit the South Tower. The 23-minute video of his experience on that fateful day was available at CBC/Radio-Canada archives .
In 1994, he exhibited his work in a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York titled Project 47: Luc Courchesne.[16] and has had numerous later solo and group shows, both nationally and internationally. In 2022, Luc Courchesne - Observateur du monde, an exhibition, was shown at the Carrefour des Arts, Université de Montréal.[17] He is represented by gallery Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain in Montreal.
He has been awarded several artist-in-residence positions internationally.[18] Since 1996, he has been a member of the Society for Arts and Technology in Montreal. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1996 to 2005, then Vice-Chairman from 2005 to 2008.
Collections edit
Courchesne's work is included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada,[2][19] Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[20] and elsewhere as well as in many institutions internationally such as the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.[21]
Awards edit
- 1997 - his installation Paysage no. 1 won the Grand Prize of the first biennale of the NTT InterCommunication Center in Tokyo.[22]
- 1999 - honorary mention in the category of "Interactive Art" of the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz.[23]
- 2010 - member of the RCA[6] by way of their nomination process.
- 2019 - received the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec's highest award in visual arts.[24]
- 2021 - Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.[25]
- 2022 - awarded an honorary doctorate from NSCAD.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ . Canadian Heritage Information Network. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Luc Courchesne". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)". Daniel Langlois Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ . Vitheque. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Hartmut Koenitz (10 April 2015). Interactive Digital Narrative: History, Theory and Practice. Routledge. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-317-66868-8.
- ^ a b c "NSCAD UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES ITS 2022 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS". nscad.ca. NSCAD. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Louise Poissant; Pierre Tremblay (2008). Prolife ́ration Des E ́crans. PUQ. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-2-7605-2196-4.
- ^ "Elastic Movies". vimeo.com. Vimeo. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Timothy Scott Barker (2012). Time and the Digital: Connecting Technology, Aesthetics, and a Process Philosophy of Time. UPNE. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-1-61168-301-1.
- ^ Michael Heim (13 April 2000). Virtual Realism. Oxford University Press. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-19-535009-8.
- ^ Raivo Kelomees; Chris Hales (16 October 2014). Expanding Practices in Audiovisual Narrative. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6906-5.
- ^ Harrison, Dew (31 March 2015). Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies. IGI Global. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-4666-8206-1.
- ^ Stephen Wilson (2002). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. MIT Press. pp. 826–. ISBN 978-0-262-73158-4.
- ^ Margot Lovejoy (2 August 2004). Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age. Routledge. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-1-134-39729-7.
- ^ Steve Dixon (2007). Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04235-2.
- ^ "Exhibition Archive". www.moma.org. MOMA. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne: Observer of the World". www.google.com. Université de Montréal. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne". www.fondation-langlois.org. Langlois Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Martin Rieser; Andrea Zapp (2002). New Screen Media: Cinema/art/narrative. BFI Pub. ISBN 978-0-85170-865-2.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne". collections.mnbaq.org. MNBAQ. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Collection". zkm.de. centre for art and media, Karlruhe. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Examination result". ICC Biennale 1997. NTT Inter Communications Centre, Tokyo. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ . Ars Electronica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne". prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca. Government of Quebec. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Luc Courchesne". www.youtube.com. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
External links edit
- Official website