FANADEEP
After training at the Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB), Mr X acted in many plays. In 2004, he created a company, Fanadeep, for Village en flammes by R.W. Fassbinder at the Théâtre du Soleil. Since 2005, he has explored new dramatic forms in theatre by redefining its basis and artistic orientations and embracing pluridisciplinary work and new images. Mr J trained as an actor in various conservatories. Self-taught in contemporary dance, after three years of personal research in contemporary art (performance, installations and contemporary images), he entered the training Essais at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers (CNDC) and continues his choreographic and visual research as part of Fanadeep.

In 2006, the two artists established a creative process based on photographic and video improvisation as inspiration for new dramatic writings. These works are developed through a physical commitment to the performance, installation (visual and sound) and explorations of new forms of photographic exhibits. Their research is structured around the voice and body dissociation in images and video and photography are their main research mediums. In 2007, they created, To pull over to the death, a choreographic and theatrical performance at CNDC d’Angers (based on a video) and then in 2008, Fils de D, a text by Franck Meyrous (co-production TNB) at NEXT International Art Festival. For this occasion, they invited two artists (Énora Malgré and Jean-Luc Vincent) to join them on this project that questions contemporary world iconography. In 2009, they won a 6 month residency in Montreal with the program « Les inclassables » (Culturesfrance/Office Franco Québécois pour la Jeunesse / Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec). Since February, 2009, they have been deepening their work by questioning cinematographic references and by putting in place visual premises for their next creation Aptitudes Héréditaires. www.fanadeep.com

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Oreet Ashery is a London based, interdisciplinary visual artist. Ashery’s practice engages with socio-political paradigms and tends to include participatory and delegated elements. Interested in notions of subjectivity and authenticity, Ashery will frequently produce work as a male character. Those have included; an orthodox Jewish man, an Arab man, a black man, a Norwegian postman, a large farmer and most recently a false messiah. Ashery’s work had been performed, screened and exhibited extensively in international context including art centers, public spaces, museums, cinemas, galleries, film and performance festivals and biennales. Those have included the Liverpool Biennial, ZKM, Tate Modern, Brooklyn Museum, Pompidou Centre, Freud Museum, Umjetnicki Pavilljon, National Review of Live Art and Foxy Production NY. Site-specific locations have including curators’ bedrooms in various cities, religious celebration, Qualandia checkpoint, and derelict fishermen’s hut both in established art contexts, as well as in experimental public spaces or situations. Ashery’s work has been discussed in numerous art, academic and cultural publications and books, in various languages. Ashery had published three books in 2009; The Novel of Nonel and Vovel, a joint graphic novel and an expanded project with the artist Larissa Sansour (Charta), Dancing with Men; interactive performances, interactions and other artworks (Live Art Development Agency), and Staying; Dream, Bin, Soft Stud and Other Stories (Artangel), a participatory project with women seeking asylum in the UK due to their sexual orientation. Ashery is an AHRC fellow in the drama department at Queen Mary University, she has been engaged with educational work for many years.

http://oreetashery.net
http://nonelandvovel.net
http://www.artangel.org.uk/projects/2010/staying
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French-born Moroccan-Canadian, 2fik is the artistic director, photographer and model of his own creations where he tells a story about a few immigrants arriving in Montreal. 2fik’s work also deals with identity, integration and immigration. www.2fikornot2fik.com

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A dancer until an injury forced a change of plans, Emma Waltraud Howes earned first a BFA and then an MFA in her native Canada. She first came to Germany in 2008 to study at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. She currently divides her practice between Montreal and Berlin. Via performance, drawing, altered photographs and mixed-media installations, she attempts to translate her obsession with the malleability of seemingly concrete forms and limitations. http://subtlearchitectures.dare-dare.org

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