AGATHE SIMON
Arctica, Looking for the Invisible
2016
Installation for 3-screen and 5.1 Sound System (or 3-channel video composite and Stereo)
10 min
First Exhibitions in 2018
© Agathe Simon
Arctica, Looking for the Invisible was filmed in the Arctic in May 2016 during a creative residency aboard the sailing vessel Atka.
As part of the Arctica exhibition, it was based on the posthumous novel by the imaginary writer Gabriela Conti (1974-2010).
Agathe Simon is a Paris-based artist, born in 1977. After a decade of art projects throughout the world, she starts a partenrship with the art company The Group in Paris in 2017. She is also conducting artistic creation workshops at the Sorbonne University.
Agathe Simon is currently preparing projects in partnership with ‘Les Voûtes’ (a Parisian alternative art venue), the “C.N.R.S.” (the largest governmental research organisation in France), the Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Arts, the University of Cergy-Pontoise, and the Museum of Non-conformist Art (Saint Petersburg, Russia). These projects will include performances, films, and exhibitions.
