Innovative Curatorial Projects – Paris / SingaporeLowave Collection
Lowave's film and video collection has been built between 2002 and 2014 and features over 250 video artists and filmmakers from around the world. The label has contributed to an important number of international exhibitions, biennials, film and video festivals, as well as academic programmes. As Lowave's activities evolve, we have stopped our film distribution and our catalogue serves now as an archive that documents over a decade of film and video art history. A selection of our DVDs is on sale at Re:Voir in Paris.
Guldem Durmaz
*1971, Paris, France. Lives and Works in Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium.
Güldem Durmaz completed her foreign language (English and Turkish, her parents' tongue) and French Literature studies at the Sorbonne in 1993. Since 1994 she has been working as a film and theatre actress. In 2001, she wrote and directed her first short, Şoför/The Driver, shot entirely in the streets of Istanbul, starring Leos Carax's favourite actor Denis Lavant. Koro (The chorus) followed in 2002. Both films were made with the support of the Belgian Ministry of Culture. These films have received awards at numerous international festivals (Locarno, Venice, Saint-Petersburg, Amiens, Washington DC...)
In 2004, she worked with Belgian directors Bénédicte Liénard and Valérie Vanhoutwinck, co-directing Pour vivre, j'ai laissé (To live, I left behind), a documentary shot in a refugee center in Brussels. Currently in charge of theater and video workshops in Paris and Brussels, she is working on a feature-length documentary essay entitled Kazarken (Digging) alongside her other projects – including stage work and video installations. Güldem's work explores the links between memory, language, and culture, as well as transcultural and identity issues – experimenting with actors and non-actors, secret or invented languages, real-life or oneiric spaces and situations.
Hilton Earl
*1964, UK. Lives and works in London, UK.
Hilton Earl began acting at the age of eight and continued into his thirties, living on a sporadic diet of Agatha Christie and pantomime. After his agent retired, he decided to change course and start making films. In September 1999 he enrolled at the University of East London for a degree in theory and history of film. One Last Thing is an independent production financed with his student loan.
Zen Marie
*1980, Durban, South Africa. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Zen Marie studied photography at the Market Photo Workshop in 1995 and thereafter completed a BAFA degree (with distinction) majoring in sculpture, at the University of Cape Town in 2001. Alongside this artistic training Zen Marie went on to pursue two post graduate studies: a two year studio residency at de-ateliers in Amsterdam and a Masters degree at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis based at the University of Amsterdam where he graduated in 2006 (also with distinction). He currently lectures at the Wits School of Arts where he tutors senior under graduate students, as well as supervises Masters students. Zen Marie exhibits locally and internationally.
Jonathan Cane
*1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jonathan Cane is a Research Associate in the University of Johannesburg’s Research Centre Visual Identities in Art and Design. He also a Lecturer in Critical Studies and Visual Communication at Vega School of Brand Communiction. He is currently completeting his Masters in History of Art at The University of the Witwatersrand. An active practitioner working in mediums from furniture to photography, his research is an investigation of the inscrtiption of white heterosexuality on the South African landscape. He is the founder of Greenoil Guild an interdisciplinary design studio and chef/patron of Quilter and Workman, an experimental food design restaurant.
Ahmed El Shaer
*1980, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed El Shaer is a multi-disciplinary artist (installation, photography, sound, video), with a particular interest in digital technologies. His videos combine Machinima, stock footage, 3D animation and experimental soundscapes. His work has been highlighted in numerous exhibitions and festivals, among which: Fugitive Video Project 2009 (International Festival for Alternative Film and Video, Dublin and Mantua, 2009); Under Current: Contemporary Art from Egypt (SAWA Gallery, Dubai, 2009); Orebro International Video Art Festival (Orebro, Sweden, 2008); International Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Bari, Italy (2008). He is the recipient of numerous awards and has participated in several residency programs, such as the Pro Helvetia Artist-in-Residence cycle (Zurich, Switzerland, 2009) and the Summer Academy of Fine Arts (Salzburg, Austria, 2006 and 2007).
Köken Ergun
*1976 Istambul, Turkey. Lives and works in Istanbul.
Köken Ergunis a Turkish artist working in film and installation. His films often deal with communities that are not known to a greater public and the importance of ritual in such groups. Ergun usually spends long time with his subjects before starting to shoot and engages in a long research period for his projects. He also collaborates with ethnographers, historians and sociologists for publications and lecture series as extensions to his artistic practice.
Having studied acting at the İstanbul University, Ergun completed his postgraduate diploma degree in Ancient Greek Literature at King's College London, followed by an MA degree on Art History at the Bilgi University. After working with American theatre director Robert Wilson, Ergun became involved with video and film. His multi-channel video installations have been exhibited internationally at institutions including Palais de Tokyo, SALT, Garage MCA, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Protocinema, KIASMA, Casino Luxembourg, Para-Site and Kunsthalle Winterthur. His films received several awards at film festivals including the Tiger Award for Short Film at the 2007 Rotterdam Film Festival and the Special Mention Prize at the 2013 Berlinale. Ergun’s works are included in public collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Stadtmuseum Berlin and Kadist Foundation.
