curated by_Julien Bismuth

Auteur / Amateur

The artists in this exhibition have been chosen from two different time periods: the late sixties and seventies (i.e. the first years of video art) and today. In both cases, these are works that develop their “amateur” approach, understanding an amateur as one who appreciates art and who engages with a medium by his own means. The difference between the two generations of artists in this exhibition are their respective forms of “amateur authorship.” While contemporary artists can no longer hope to retrieve the “innocent” informality of the first generation of video artists, it is precisely their over-familiarity with digital The artists in this exhibition have been chosen from two different time periods: the late sixties and seventies (i.e. the first years of video art) and today. In both cases, these are works that develop their “amateur” approach, understanding an amateur as one who appreciates art and who engages with a medium by his own means. The difference between the two generations of artists in this exhibition are their respective forms of “amateur authorship.” While contemporary artists can no longer hope to retrieve the “innocent” informality of the first generation of video artists, it is precisely their over-familiarity with digital technology which provides them with the means to develop their own forms of informed yet informal approaches to the very same medium.