Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains

[English Version below] Le Fresnoy - National Studio of Contemporary Arts is a training, production and artistic, audiovisual and digital broadcasting. The objective of the National Studio is to allow young designers from around the world, achieve works with professional technical means and in a wide deregulation of different means of expression. The work of field, theoretical and practical, is that all audiovisual languages ​​in traditional media, analog and electronic (photography, film and video) as those of digital creation.

The production project is under the direction of renowned artists, who create themselves a personal project in which young designers are associated (Chantal Akerman, Georges Aperghis, Tsai Ming Liang, Sarkis, Bruno Dumont, Muntadas, Ryoji Ikeda, Grégory Chatonsky, Mathieu Amalric, Yann Robin, Cyril Teste, Ramy Fischler, Yannick Haenel, Bela Tarr, Pablo Valbuena, ...)

The production of works is extended by an ambitious disclosure policy: various exhibitions and events follow one another and explore throughout the year, issues of contemporary creation. In particular, the "Panorama" exhibition annually presents all the Fresnoy productions, more than 50 works: films, videos, installations, performances or multimedia works.

The Fresnoy is a post-graduate art and audiovisual research center. Its aim is to enable young artists to Produce works using professional standard equipment under the leadership of Established Artists. The theoretical and practical work embraces all audiovisual languages, from electronic and traditional media (photography, cinema, video) to digital technology and state of the art --other media Developments.

The projects developed by students are directed by Invited artists / teachers who, in the course of Their one or two year residency, will Produce a personal project with the help of students. The Artists Who-have ACTED as visiting teachers at the Fresnoy since October 1997 are: Chantal Akerman, Georges Aperghis, Tsai Ming Liang, Sarkis, Bruno Dumont, Muntadas, Ryoji Ikeda, Chatonsky, Mathieu Amalric, Yann Robin, Cyril Teste, Ramy Fischler Yannick Haenel, Bela Tarr, Pablo Valbuena, etc ...

The work of generation is complemented by an ambitious artistic program. This includes various exhibitions and events qui explores all aspects of creativity, in particular "Panorama" When All the works Produced at Le Fresnoy are presented under the auspices of a guest curator every year.