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.
Berat Isik
*1976, Diyarbakir, Turkey. Lives and works in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Berat Isik uses video to confront the social and political problems of his country including issues concerning minorities. His poetic contribution includes his participation in the collective work intitled Emploi Saisonnier under the influence of a poem by Eluard: "Quelques uns des mots qui, jusqu’ici, m’étaient mystérieusement interdits" organized with Sener Ozmen and Cengiz Tekin at Galerie de la Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille at the beginning of 2010.
A recepient of the 23rd International Contemporary Artists Istanbul Exhibition Achievement Award (2004), his works have been presented in numerous exhibitions and festivals including No Room for Panic Outlet, Istanbul (2009), (Very) Small Distortions In The Order, 28. International Istanbul Film Festival (2009), Art Without Borders, Istanbul and Yerevan (2006-2007), Hilcot Shechenim/Chapter C, Eliat Holon (2005), Placebo Effect, Berlin (2004), I am Too Sad to Kill You, Istanbul (2003).
Natalie Ital
*1968, Germany. Lives and works in Germany.
Between 1987 and 1993 Natalie Ital studied Visual Communications in Kassel where she specialized in experimental photography. From portrait photography to collages via photogrammes, she experiments with all the possibilities presented by this medium.
Inspired by Rock and Roll music on the one hand and her observations of everyday life on the other hand, Natalie has based her work work on celebrity icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Hitler and Lady Di which are then transformed into Teddy bears that act out roles in her short films. Her Teddy bears, films, photographs as well as her paintings are currently shown in a number of galleries and contemporary art museums around the world.
Sion Jeong
*1984. Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Sion Jeong has studied Media Art at the Academy of Media Art, Cologne since 2008. Her work KARAT has been shown at Electrohype 2010 (The sixth biennial for electronic art) Ystad Art Museum, Sweden. In her work Sion Jeong focuses on synesthetical perception between matter, sound, light and space. In mean time, she is researching to make own music instruments.
Jisuk Jung
*1981. Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.
Since 2002, Jisuk Jung’s works have been screened and awarded at various animation and film festival such as Internet Festival in Bordeaux and France Flash Festival. In 2004, she held an exhibition in France and now she is working as designer and movie art director in South Korea, France and the UK.
Aryan Kaganof
* 1964. Lives and works in Capetown, South Africa.
Aryan Kaganof is a project of African Noise Foundation.
