Assila CHERFI

Estasi Video | dv | color | 3'43'' | Algeria / Italy | 2010 Ecstasy is out of itself, a phenomenon where the senses are particularly awake, carrying in other dimensions, beyond the cognitive conditions. This video is inspired by the ecstatic state and develops, in a sequence shot, the idea of losing the ability to perceive volumes / objects in space: An enclosed room whose dimension is gradually transformed by using framing and sound spatialization. Artists currently in residence at the Center for Recollets of Paris in collaboration with Dena Foudation for Contemporary Art, Assila Cherfi, born in Algiers in 1981, studied Graphic Design at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts in Algiers, 2000 to 2006 with an interest in photography, sound and video. She continued her studies in Film and Video at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, where she developed devices that use photography, video, sound and interaction. She has participated in several workshops and artist residencies which have allowed her to deepen the use of new media in art in order to create a relationship between images, sounds and imagination. List of exhibition, filmography... Filmography: 1.City don`t cry, 2006 2.All`aperto, 2007 3.Seduto, 2008 4.Msemmen, 2008 5.Au revoir, 2008 6.Disparaitre, 2008 7.Estasi, 2009 8.Chiacchiere al vento, 2009 9.Delay - Delay – Delay, 2009 10.Trait d`union, 2010 (En collaboration avec Francesco Bertocco) 11. Time out, 2010 12.Sans titre/Bateau, 2010 13.Bad trees, 2010 EXHIBITIONS: Video exhibition in Fondazione Merz, Torino, november, 2010. Video exhibition in Porta Garibaldi subway station, Milan, November 2010. Video exhibition, Artifariti Festival, International meetings of contemporary art, Tifariti, Western Sahara, october 2009. Artist Residency, Ecole d`Art d`Aix-en-provence, France (2008) Sound design for the interactive installation "Composizione # 12", StreamFest Festival, International Festival of Eco-Digital Culture, Lecce, Italy, august 2009. Audio installation, Centre Culturel Français, Algiers, june 2009. Performance at 20 Eventi , contemporary art festival, Rome, may 2009. Participation at the fifth edition of the Raconte-arts festival, Kabylie, Algeria, july 2009. Video exhibition, Cronosfera festival, with Giulio Calegari e Giuseppe Baresi, Alessandria, Italy, june 2008. Video exhibition, Maggio video a.32, Vana Casati Gallery, Bergamo, Italy, may 2008. Audio installation, Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-provence, France, april 2008. Video exhibition, Agheiro Gallery, Genova, Italy, macrh 2008. Audio & video recordings at the fourth edition of Raconte-arts fstival, Kabylie, Algeria, july 2007. Video exhibition, Venti di Brera, Villa Litta, Milan, june 2007. Photo exhibition, Autoportraits (de celle qui habite en moi), Dar El Ykout Gallery, Algiers, December 2006. Multimedia project, Enracinement et résistance II, L’eau de Sidi El Kebir, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux arts d’Aix-en-provence, France & l’Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Algeria, may 2006. Photo exhibition, Photografilles, Espace Noûn Gallery, Algiers, april 2006. Photography workshop with Thomas Hartwell & Randa Shaath, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Algeria, February 2006. Photography installation on sculpture, “Pictures sounds like metal”, Algiers, December 2003. Graphic design workshop with Christophe Jacquet (Toffe) and exhibition at the Centre Culturel Français, Algeria, october 2003.