Mai-thu Perret
invited by Mathieu Copeland

photo: Blaise Adilon		photo: Blaise Adilon

«An Evening of the Book», 2007
OEuvre créée à l’occasion de la Biennale
Installation de 3 vidéo-projections sur papier peint
16 mm / noir et blanc / bande-son transférée sur DVD, papier peint, son

Film
Avec Fia Backström, Tara Lee Burns, Faye Driscoll, Lesley Garrison, Amy Granat, Roche Janken, Emily McKinnon, Maiko Ota, Elizabeth Valdez
Directeur de la Photographie: Martijn T. Hart
Premier Assistant caméra: Erin Henning
Assistant de production: Caitlin McQueen
Post Production par Ascent Media London
Filmé à The Kitchen, New York

Musique
“The Spider Song”
Paroles de Mai-Thu Perret / Musique de Steven Parrino
Post-production de Robert Poss
Enregistrement vocal supplémentaire par Tamara Barnett-Herrin
Papier peint: Avec l’assistance de Wallpaper by Artists, Dijon

Production avec le soutien de ArtSonje, Séoul
Production artistique Mathieu Copeland

Courtesy Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich; Praz-Delavallade, Paris; Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

MATHIEU COPELAND
born 1977 in Paris lives and works in London
Freelance curator Mathieu Copeland’s exhibitions include “Expat Art Center” (ICA, London/Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon/CAC Vilnius and elsewhere), “Soundtrack for an Exhibition” with John Armleder, Susan Stenger and Kristian Levring (Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon) and “Meanwhile…across town” with Cerith Wyn Evans at Centre Point, London. In 2003 he published “Perfect Magazine”, printed white on white, and in 2002 was the instigator of the film programme “Anna Sanders Films World Tour”.

MAI-THU PERRET
born 1976 in Geneva lives and works in Geneva and New York
Some of Mai-Thu Perret’s works are based on “The Crystal Frontier”, the fiction she has been writing since 1999 about a women’s community in the desert. The resultant sculptures and installations represent the potential output of this utopian venture. Comprising a mix of impossible narratives and powerful symbols, her work brings together elements from different points in time to form a matrix for further stories. Acknowledging the Biennial’s strict emphasis on the present, she is currently in New York preparing a dance film revolving around “An Evening of the Book”.