CATALOGUE 2000-2001

Oksana CHEPELYK "Virtual Sea Tower" Document vidéo d'intervention - dv - couleur - 0:05:00 - écriture et réalisation: Director and producer - Oksana Chepelyk - conception: Oksana Chepelyk, Zoran Pantelic, Zoran Eric - photographie: Oksana Chepelyk, Bettina Bachem, Zoran Pantelic - montage: Martin-Maria Leckert - production: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Germany - Ukraine - 2000 La proposition de la performance-événement "Virtual See Tower" devrait marquer le début de l'ère virtuelle, comme la tour Eiffel a révélé l'ère industrielle. Les personnes qui se tiennent à la même place durant la performance peuvent expérimenter le soulèvement virtuel, depuis l'espace public jusqu'au plus haut point possible de la Virtual See Tower, et ils auront une vue claire de la ville sur le moniteur installé comme une touche personnelle. Le ballon avec la caméra s'élève jusqu'à voir la ville d'en haut, apportant une forme de connection avec la ville Paris/Berlin et une ouverture mentale du point faible de l'espace urbain réel. L'intervention temporaire explorera l'opportunité de créer un espace de communication et, grâce à l'installation de la Virtual See Tower, une connection symbolique à la ville avec ses propres icônes (la Tour Eiffel, le Sacré Coeur, la Tour Montparnasse). Pendant la nuit, le ballon comme écran prendra la projection vidéo montrant la vue en hauteur de la journée et les visages de personnes de différents pays, étant interrogés sur leur rêve abstrait. L'objectif de ce projet est d'apprendre au sujet de l'identité de la ville, et ce avec quoi leurs habitants s'identifient. La stratégie artistique est de situer l'espace où l'échange (symbolique) entre les habitants se met en place, puis commence la communication avec les personnes engagées dans l'échange dans cet espace, créant un événement-intervention avec leur aide. Dans l'espace, la Virtual See Tower temporaire sera installée. Dans le cas où il ferait un jour venteux, The See Tower deviendra The Virtual Migration Tower, ce qui semble être une potentialité. Le projet traite de New Arenas of Revelation, où l'équilibre entre le réel espace urbain et le virtuel prennent place. The proposal of the Performance-Event "Virtual See Tower" should mark the beginning of the Virtual Era, as an Eiffel Tower revealed the Industrial Era. The people standing at the same place during the performance could experience the virtual lifting from the public space to the highest possible point of the Virtual See Tower that they will have a clear view of the town on the monitor installed there as a personal touch. The balloon with the camera lift on the height to see the town bringing a sense of connection with the Paris/Berlin city and a mental openness from the weak point of the real urbain space. The temporary intervention will explore the opportunity to create the communication place and by means of installation of the Virtual See Tower a symbolic connection to the city with its own icons (Eiffel Tower, Sacre-Coeur, Montparnasse Tower). During the night the balloon as a screen will catch the video projection showing the day overwiew and the faces of the people from the different countries interviewing about their abstract DREAM. The goal of the project is to learn about the identity of the town, and what people living there identify with. Artistic strategy is to locate the space where the (symbolic) exchange between the inhabitants takes place, than start the communication with the people engaged in the exchange in this space, creating an event - intervention with their assistance. In the space the temporary Virtual See Tower will be installed. In the case if it would be windy day The See Tower will transform in the Virtual Migration Tower, it seems to be also potential. Project is dealing with the New Arenas of Revelation where the balance between real urban space and virtual takes place. Biographie Oksana Chepelyk est née en 1961 en Ukraine, où elle vit et travaille encore aujourd'hui. Elle a étudié à l'institut d'art de Kiev entre 1978 et 1984. A la suite de ces études, elle a approfondi son cursus à Moscou (1986-1988) et a participé au programme d'étude indépendant au CREDAC de Paris (1996), le Residency Program au Banff Centre pour les Arts, Canada (1998), et au Bauhaus-Kolleg, Dessau, Allemagne (2000). Artiste multimédia, elle travaille avec la vidéo, la performance, la photographie, l'installation, la peinture. Elle a largement exposé à travers le monde et a reçu de nombreux prix. Oksana Chepelyk was born in 1961 in Ukraine, where she lives and works today. She studied at the Art Institute in Kiev from 1978-1984. Subsequently, she completed a post-graduate course in Moscow (1986-1988) and participated in the Independent Study Program at CREDAC in Paris, (1996), the Residency Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (1998), and at the Bauhaus-Kolleg, Dessau, Germany (2000). She works as multimedia artist with video, performance, photography, installation and painting. She has widely exhibited at festivals internationally and has been awarded numerous prizes. Filmographie - Vidéographie 1994 - "Story told by Schlimann.", video, 3 min - "By the ways of our memory", video, 10 min 1997 - "Meeting of two submarines", video, 10 min 1998 - "Evident avoidable", video, 18 min Film Video festivals: 1998 - "Dreamcatcher" (Grand-Prix); - "Open Night" (III Prize); - "Internyet", MOMA, New-York, USA; - "Colosseum Project" London, UK; - "Molodist" International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine; - "Cyber Feminist International Festival", St.Petersburg, Russia; - "French-Baltic-Nordic", Tallinn, Estonia - "Evident unavoidable", video Beta, 53 min - "Leader's Favourite Toys", video Beta SP, 15 min Film Video festivals: 1999 - "European Media Art Festival", Osnabruck, Germany; - "Open Night" Short Film Festival (I International, II National Prizes), Kiev, Ukraine; - "FilmVideo-99" International Short Film Festival (Prize), Montecatini, Italy; - "Molodist" International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine; - "Input" International Conference, Moscow, Russia 1999 - "Blue, White, Red? Blue! or Sleep of Excited Flesh", video, 5 min - "Long March I", video, 15 min - "Long March II", video, 10 min - "Wall", video, 8 min 2000 - "Introduction", video, 10 min Film Video festivals: 2000 -"Molodist" International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine - "Virtual Sea Tower", video, 5 min - "Free D", video, 14 min - "LAFA", video, 14min. Education 1978 - 1984 Kiev State Art Institute, Ukraine. 1986 - 1988 Post-graduate course, Moscow, Russia 1998 - University, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2000 - Bauhaus-Kolleg, Dessau, Germany Professional activities Residencies: 1992 - Hagen, Germany; 1996 - CREDAC, Paris, France; 1997 - Cite International of Arts, Paris, France (grant of city of Paris); - Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, USA (Artslink Program); 1998 - Pont-Aven Museum, France (grant of DRAC Bretagne);- BANFF Centre for the Arts, Canada (BANFF Centre grant): 2000 - Bauhaus-Kolleg, Dessau, Germany Video and media festivals 1998 - "Dreamcatcher" (Grand-Prix); - "Open Night" (III Prize); - "Internyet", MOMA, New-York, USA; - "Colosseum Project" London, UK; - "Molodist", Kiev, Ukraine; - "Cyber Feminist International Festival" St. Petersburg, Russia; - "French-Baltic-Nordic", Tallinn, Estonia; 1999 - "European Media Art Festival", Osnabruck, Germany; - "Open Night" Short Film Festival (I International, II National prizes), Kiev, Ukraine; - "FilmVideo-99" International Short film festival (Prize), Montecatini, Italy; - "Cyberarts99" Ars Electronica, Vienna, Austria - "Molodist" International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine; - "Media-Non Grata" Tallinn, Estonia; - "Input" International Conference, Moscow, Russia; 2000 - "Molodist" International Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine; - ISEA2000 International Symposium on Electronic art, Paris, France. One person exhibitions 1988 - "Cross" action-installation, Hydroparc, Kiev 1992 - "Life of Structures" Cultural Center, Paris, France 1993 - "Storm of Trompettes" performance-installation, Hydroparc, Kiev. 1994 - "The ways of our Memory" French Cultural Center, Kiev - "Three States" The Modern Art Center "Barva", Kiev - "Traces", French Cultural Center, Kiev (catalog) 1996 - "Vagabond Island of Lesbos", Slavoutich Center for Contemporary Arts, Kiev (catalog) - "Breakfast on the Grass", Luc Queyrel Gallery, Paris, France 1997 - "Is the Clothes a Shelter? " Action in Graphic Triennial, Art Gallery, Kiev (catalog) - "1 + 1..." Luc Queyrel Gallery, Paris, France - "The Mysteries of Eurasia", Cite International of Arts, Paris, France - "The Mysteries of Eurasia" Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, USA - "The Mysteries of Eurasia", Mayana Gallery, New-York, USA 1998 - "House of Horrors", Karas Gallery, Kiev - "Piece of Shit", BANFF Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada - "Leader's Favourite Toys" Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada 1999 - "Evident Unavoidable", "Dakh" Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev (catalog) - "Sleep of excited shape", Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine (catalog) 2000 - "Free D", Bauhaus-Kolleg, Dessau, Germany Group Exhibitions 1989 - "Electro-Hephestas", Rama-Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia. 1990 - "In the Steppes of Ukraine", House der Begegnung, Munich, Germany (catalog) 1991 - "In the Steppes of Ukraine", Diessen Cultural Center, Germany 1992 - "RBK" Hagen Gallery, Germany 1993 - "Imagination Creates Reality" Hagen Museum, Germany (catalog) - "Intuition and Constructivism", Panevegis Art Gallery, Lithuania. - "Impreza - 93" International Biennial, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (catalog) 1995 - "Ukrainian Avant-Garde", Victoria Gallery, Kiev. 1996 - "Avant-Garde", Kiev Art Union Gallery, Kiev - "Art Vision " National Art Museum, Kiev. - Biennial "Pleins Feux", CREDAC Contemporary Art Center, Paris, France 1997 - "Great Ukrainian Women Artists - 97", Lavra City Gallery, Kiev (catalog) - "Art Festival - 97" National Art Center "Ukrainian House", Kiev (catalog) 1998 - I Triennial of Painting, Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine (catalog) - "Art - Festival - 98" National Art Center "Ukrainian House", Kiev (catalog) - "Day in the Life", Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Kiev (catalog - "Internyet", MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New-York, USA - "Contemporary Mysteries", National Art Center "Ukrainian House", (catalog) 1999 - "Future is now", Museum of contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (catalog) - "Looks on Ukraine" Espace Cardin, Paris, France - "Range", Art Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine (catalog) 2000 - "Virtual Sea Tower" IAB Espace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "Communication", Almaty, Kazakhstan Membership: 1993 - AIAG International Association of Artists Based in Germany 1994 - Union of Artists of Ukraine.