JEAN-CLAUDE BUSTROS The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema FB 319 Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University 1455, de Maisonneuve West Montréal, Québec H3G-1M8 Canada sortsub@alcor.concordia.ca 2006- Founder, director, Schema Hypercinema Lab, Montréal, Canada 2006- Board of directors, Dazibao gallery, Montréal, Canada 2005- Associate Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montréal 2004- Board of directors : CIAM (Centre Inter Universitaire des Arts Médiatiques) Montréal, Canada 2003- Member/researcher Hexagram (Institute for research creation in media arts and technologies) 2003- Member/researcher CIAM (Centre Inter Universitaire des Arts Médiatiques) Montréal, Canada 2000-05 Assistant Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada 1999 Recipient Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Award 1995-96 President : IMAA (Independent Media Arts Alliance) IMAA represents more than 40 artist run centers dedicated to Film, Video and New Media across Canada 1993-95 Board of directors, IMAA. 1992-94 President: Main Film, Association of independent filmmakers of Montréal, Canada 1989-1990 Vice president: Main Film 1
Creative and curatorial work_overview Portrait of Raffi. 2006 Interactive installation. 5 channel (4 plasma displays and one video projection) 4 computers, 5 sensors, six speakers. The Parisian Laundry October 24 to December 5 2006 RIVIÈRE / RIVER 2002-2007 A three part project. Part 1 :River-0 Presentation format 16mm film and DVD -17min. Distributor : Light Cone, Paris Selected scenes from Marlon Brando s Hollywood classic One Eyed Jacks (in 16 mm version and digital video version). Selected screenings : Festival Nouveau Cinéma et Nouveaux Médias, Montréal Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA Images du Nouveau Monde, Québec Edges, Victoria BC Canada Scratch, Paris France Cinémathèque Française, Paris, Sept 2006 Part 2 : River-1 : October 2007 Part 3 : River 2 : October 2007 Cairo 65 2003 16mm film -17 minutes (S8 film, digital video. Presentation format 16mm film and DVD) 10 days of Canadian and German experimental films of the 90 s 1998 Retrospective at the Goethe Institute, Montréal May 21 to June 1st Curator of the Canadian section. Co-director of the event in collaboration with Kaisa Tikkanen. A program of 32 Canadian experimental films of the the 1990 s presented alongside the German retrospective prepared by Jochen Coldewey In Munich. RELIEFS 1995 83 min. 16mm col. documentary. Selected screenings : Biennale du film sur l'art, Paris. Festival International du film sur l'art, Montréal. Encontras Internacional cinema documental, Portugal Rendez -Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Canada 2
The 5 Days of Independent Canadian Cinema 1994 edition November 8 to 13, Montréal. Curator and director. A bi-annual showcase of canadian indie production. This edition which I coordinated focused on more experimental approaches and also featured guest artist/ curator Yan Beauvais from Light Cone distribution in Paris. Pierre et Lumière / Stone and light 1992 Museum of Civilization, Montréal Photograpghy exhibition. 95 large format photographs exploring ornemental sculpture of turn of the century architecture in Montréal. July to October 1992. Official exhibit of the 350 years celebrations. ZÉRO GRAVITÉ,1990, Experimental 28 min.(16mm color & BW) Distributor : Light Cone, Paris Recycled educational film footage. Selected screenings : 5 Days of Canadian Independent Cinema, Montréal, Cinéma Parallèlle du 14 au 19 Nov. 1990. Délégation Générale du Québec à Paris. Images festival (Toronto) - Festival of Festivals (Toronto) - La Mostra (Sao Polo, Brésil) - Festival du film et de la vidéo expérimental Vfiper (Luzern, Suisse) - Melbourne int. film fest (Australie) Yorkton independent Film Festival (Ontario) Awarded - Athens film fest (U.S.A) «LE CINÉMA DÉMONTÉ» found footage film retrospective, Geneva, June 92. LIGHT CONE experimental film tour, Spain, 93. Rencontre du cinéma expérimental de Bilbao, Spain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, exposition: "LES CINÉMAS DU CANADA" February /June 1993. Cité du livre : le cinéma expérimental aujourd hui. Aix en Provence, March 95. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris. RECYCLED IMAGES July / September 1995. Illuminating Vertigo Berlin January 2005 The Catastrophe exhibition Oberhausen Germany 2002, Bilbao Spain 2003, Milan Italy 2003 3
LA QUEUE TIGRÉE D'UN CHAT COMME UN PENDENTIF DE PAREBRISE 1989 16mm, color 26min. Distributor : Light Cone, Paris Experimental documentary,recycled educational film footage. Selected screenings : The GRIERSON documentary seminar, Toronto - Mannheim International Film Festival, Germany - La tournée québécoise de films indépendants, Organized by Main Film summer 1990 - Festival of Festivals, Toronto - La Mostra (Sao Polo, Brésil) - Vancouver International Film Festival- Göteborg International Film Fest, Sweden Rotterdam International Film Fest, Holland, March 91 - Melbourne int. film festival- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, exposition: "Les cinémas du Canada" February / June 1993 LIGHT CONE experimental film tour, Spain, 93. Cité du livre, le cinéma expérimental aujourd hui. Aix en Provence. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris. RECYCLED IMAGES July / September 1995. FAKE SCIENCE 1987 16mm à vidéo, color 6 min. Collaboration with artist Monty Cantsin. Created to accompany a live performance by the artist. ESMERALDA 1983 LE VOYAGE IMMOBILE 1980 S8 film & vidéo, B&W 30 min. Created for Carbone 14. 1979 1982 Les Enfants du Paradis currently known as Carbone 14 Stage photography, creation and production of filmic material used as part of performances, Photography for catalogues and promotional material of the group Research funding 2006-09: Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC); Rethinking cinema, an autonomous screen for an active image. 2005- CIAM/FQRSC :Tinkering Sensors and basic stamp workshop 2004- Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Research Creation Grant in Media Arts. 2002- The Canada Council for the Arts; Research Creation Grant in Media Arts. 1998- The Canada Council for the Arts; Retrospective of Experimental Canadian cinema at the Goethe 4
1997- Conseil des Arts et des Lettres Québec, B grant. Research Creation Grant in Media Arts 1995- The Canada Council for the Arts; B grant. Research Creation Grant in Media Arts 1994- Arts Council of the Montreal Urban Community; Main Film The 5 days of Canadian Independent Cinema 1994- The Canada Council for the Arts; The 5 days of Canadian Independent Cinema, Main Film 1992- Société de développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) Jeunes créateurs, aide à la production 1992- The Canadian Fund for non Theatrical production in film and video 1992- Comité organisateur du 350ièm anniversaire de Montréal, Reliefs exhibition 1992- Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Reliefs exhibition project 1991- Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Québec, B grant, Research creation grant in Media Arts 1991- The Canada Council for the Arts; Travel Grant 1992- Arts Council of the Montreal Urban Community; Reliefs Photo exhibition 1991- The Canada Council for the Arts; Travel Grant 1991- The Canada Council for the Arts ; Media Arts Film production grant Consultancy work Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin 2006 The Canada Council for the Arts; Funding for Art and litterature periodicals. May 2006 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin 2005 Rendez-Vous du cinéma Québécois 2005 : Juror for the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres Prize Canada Council, Grants to Media Arts Production Organizations, national evaluation committee. Return Juror Fall 2003 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Arts Médiatiques Bourse B Juin 2003 The Canada Council for the Arts; Grants to Media Arts Production Organizations, national evaluation committee. Fall 2002 Gala des MIM (International Market of Multimedia); Jury member for the MIM d ors awards September 2001, Montréal 5
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; from September 2000 to September 2001 Permanent assessor on the new Prospection program for Media Arts Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; juror on Promotion et Diffusion des Arts visuels et des Arts Médiatiques competition, November 2000 Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; Comité Consultatif Fonds de Stabilisation de la culture. Media Arts Centers, May 2000 The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts Film and Video, Emerging artists competition, professional artists, Research creation competition. July 2000 SODEC Aide aux Jeunes Créateurs; Aide à la production, March 1999 The Canada Council for the Arts; Assessment committee for the funding of Canadian Cinematheques, November 1998 TeleFilm Canada Screenplay reader 1998. The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts Film and Video, Emerging artists competition, June 1997 Department of Heritage and Ancestral languages film and video competition, August 1996 Department of Heritage and Ancestral languages film and video competition, December 1995 The Canada Council for the Arts; Media Arts A and B grant competition in Film December 1994 The Canada Council for the Arts; Exhibition and special projects competition 1994 Ministry of Culture, Québec, Technical ressources for artists competition, Septembre 1994. Ministry of Culture, Québec, Technical ressources for artists competition 1993 The Canada Council for the Arts; Media-Arts, Film competition, February 1992. * * * 6