François Bucher

François Bucher nasceu em Cali, Colômbia; vive e trabalha em Berlim. Bucher obteve o grau de Mestre em Cinema pelo Art Institute of Chicago e recebeu uma bolsa de estudos no Whitney Independent Study Program, New York. Seu trabalho e pesquisa abrangem uma vasta gama de interesses e de suportes, focando-se especificamente em problemas relacionados às questões éticas e estéticas postas pelos meios do cinema e da televisão. Bucher atua ativamente como escritor para livros teóricos e jornais - Saving the Image, Art after Film, In The Poem About Love you Don't Write The Word Love, The Journal of Visual Culture, Estudios Visuales, Valdez Magazine (editor fundador), entre outros -, além de ser convidado para pronunciar conferências em seminários e simpósios refletindo sobre questões relacionadas à imagem na cultura contemporânea: LABoral, Gijón, CENDEAC, Murcia, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Nations Plaza, Berlim, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá. A obra de Bucher já foi exposta internacionalmente em locais como Tate Britain, Oberhausen Film Festival, Whitney Museum ISP, New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center, Rotterdam Film Festival, Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Argos Arts, Brussels, Film Museum, Brussels, Arsenal, Berlin, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Momentum, Nordic Biennial, Prague Biennial 00, 03, e 05, Werkleitz Biennial, 06, Tessaloniki Biennial 07, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Documenta, XII Magazine Project, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Santa Monica Art Museum, LA, Stanton Museum, Houston, MUSAC - Museo Contemporáneo de Castilla y León.  Sua obra recebeu diversos prêmios, dentre os quais o primeiro prêmio no VideoEx, 2003, Zurique; o prêmio do júri no Videolisboa, Lisboa, 2003, o primeiro prêmio à Videocreación Iberoamericana, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, MUSAC, 2004, o Werkleitz Award 2004 em Transmediale, Berlim, o Director's Citation at the Black Maria Film Festival, 2004 e o segundo prêmio na Fair Play, Berlim, 2007. Foi por duas vezes nomeado para o New Media Fellowship of the Rockefeller Foundation, 2005 e 2007. Recebeu o New York City Media Arts Grant of The Jerome Foundation, 2000, o qual lhe permitiu a Criação do video White Balance (to think is to forget differences). Bucher é professor convidado da Art Academy at Umeä University, Suécia.

 

François Bucher nació en Cali, Colombia; vive y trabaja en Berlín. Obtuvo un Máster en Cine por el Art Institute of Chicago y recibió una beca de estudios en el Whitney Independent Study Program, Nueva York. Su trabajo e investigaciones abarcan una vasta gama de intereses y soportes, enfocándose específicamente en cuestiones éticas y estéticas planteadas por los medios de comunicación, el cine y la televisión. Teórico y escritor, ha publicado numerosos libros y artículos en periódicos y revistas, entre ellos Saving the Image, Art after Film, In The Poem About Love you Don't Write The Word Love, The Journal of Visual Culture, Estudios Visuales, revista Valdez (editor fundador), entre otros. Además dicta conferencias sobre cuestiones referidas a la imagen en la cultura contemporánea, entre ellas: LABoral, Gijón; CENDEAC, Murcia; University of East Anglia, Norwich; United Nations Plaza, Berlín; y Universidad Nacional, Bogotá. Su obra fue expuesta internacionalmente en instituciones como Tate Britain, Londres; Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen, Alemania; Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Nueva York; Video Festival at Lincoln Center, Nueva York; Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam; Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, Nueva York; Argos Arts, Bruselas; Film Museum Bruselas; Arsenal Berlín; Kunsthalle, Budapest; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Santa Monica Art Museum, Los Angeles; Stanton Museum, Houston; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, España; así como en bienales que incluyen, Nordic Biennial, Prague Biennial 00, 03, y 05, Werkleitz Biennial, 06, Tessaloniki Biennial 07, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, y Documenta XII Magazine Project. Su obra recibió numerosas distinciones, entre otras Segundo Premio en la Fair Play, Berlín (2007); Primer Premio a la Videocreación Iberoamericana, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (2004); Werkleitz Award en Transmediale, Berlín (2004); Director's Citation at the Black Maria Film Festival (2004) y el Primer Premio en VideoEx, Zúrich  (2003); Premio del jurado en Videolisboa, Lisboa (2003). También ha sido nombrado en dos oportunidades para el New Media Fellowship of the Rockefeller Foundation 2005 y 2007. Recibió el New York City Media Arts Grant of The Jerome Foundation (2000), que le permitió crear el video White Balance (to think is to forget differences). Es profesor invitado de la Art Academy at Umeä University, Suecia.

 

François Bucher was born in Cali, Colombia and lives and works in Berlin. Bucher obtained a Master's degree in Cinema from the Art Institute of Chicago and received a grant to attend the Whitney Independent Study Program, New York. His work and research encompass a wide range of interests and theoretical foundations, focused specifically on problems related to ethical and aesthetical questions posed by cinema and television media. Bucher is very active as a writer for theoretical books and journals and works include Saving the Image, Art after Film, In The Poem About Love you Don't Write The Word Love, The Journal of Visual Culture, Estudios Visuales, Valdez Magazine (founding editor), among others. In addition he is frequently invited to present lectures, seminars and symposiums reflecting on questions related to the image in contemporary culture: LABoral, Gijón, CENDEAC, Murcia, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Nations Plaza, Berlin, and the Universidad Nacional, Bogotá. Bucher's work has already been exhibited internationally in locations such as Tate Britain, London; Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany; Whitney Museum ISP, New York; New York Video Festival at the Lincoln Center, Rotterdam Film Festival, The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY; Argos Arts, Brussels; Film Museum, Brussels; Arsenal, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Budapest; Momentum, Nordic Biennial; Prague Biennale (editions 2000, 2003, and 2005); Werkleitz Biennial (2006); Thessaloniki Biennale 2007; Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin; Documenta XII, Magazine Project, Kassel, Germany; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Santa Monica Art Museum, LA; Stanton Museum, Houston; and MUSAC, Museo Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain.  His work has also earned numerous awards: first prize at VideoEx (2003), Zurich; the jury's award at Videolisboa, Lisbon (2003); first prize at the Videocreación Iberoamericana, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, MUSAC (2004); the Werkleitz Award (2004) in Transmediale, Berlin; the Director's Citation at the Black Maria Film Festival (2004); and the second prize at Fair Play, Berlin (2007). He was twice nominated for the New Media Fellowship of the Rockefeller Foundation (2005 and 2007). He received the New York City Media Arts Grant of The Jerome Foundation (2000), which allowed him to create the video White Balance (to think is to forget differences). Bucher is an invited professor of the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeä University, Sweden.