Luc Courchesne

Luc Courchesne
Born (1952-05-20) May 20, 1952 (age 72)
Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec
Occupation(s)artist, professor
Notable workPortrait One, Family Portrait
Websitecourchel.net

Luc Courchesne RCA D.F.A. (1952) is a Canadian artist and academic known for his work in interactive art.[1]

Life

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Luc Courchesne was born May 20, 1952, in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in design from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1974. In the 1980s, he received a Master of Science degree in visual studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][4] Courchesne was a member of the MIT Media Lab at its inception in 1985.[5]

Courchesne was a professor of industrial design at the Université de Montréal.[6][7]

Work

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Courchesne is known for his interactive video installations and environments. He began working in interactive video in 1984 when he co-authored Elastic Movies,[8] and since has produced many installation works and image series. In his early works such as Family Portrait and Portrait One (1989),[5][9] the viewer interacts with the a human image programmed to engage in a lifelike conversation with the viewer.[10][11] His later work Landscape One (1997)[5][12] surrounds the viewer with a 360 degree immersive and interactive video projection of a park.[13][14][15]

On September 11, 2001, while he was on assignment in New York City for a "Québec–New York" cultural event, Courchesne happened to be videotaping the smoldering North Tower of the World Trade Center as the second plane hit the South Tower. The 23-minute video of his experience was made available at CBC/Radio-Canada's archives.[16]

In 1994, he exhibited his work in a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York titled Project 47: Luc Courchesne.[17] and has had numerous later solo and group shows, both nationally and internationally. In 2022, Luc Courchesne - Observateur du monde, an exhibition, was shown at the Carrefour des Arts, Université de Montréal.[18] He is represented by gallery Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain in Montreal.

He has been awarded several artist-in-residence positions internationally.[19] Since 1996, he has been a member of the Society for Arts and Technology in Montreal. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1996 to 2005, then Vice-Chairman from 2005 to 2008.

Collections

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Courchesne's work is included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada,[2][20] Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[21] and elsewhere as well as in many institutions internationally such as the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.[22]

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Artist/Maker Name "Courchesne, Luc"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Luc Courchesne". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Luc Courchesne (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)". Daniel Langlois Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Luc Courchesne". Vitheque. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Hartmut Koenitz (10 April 2015). Interactive Digital Narrative: History, Theory and Practice. Routledge. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-1-317-66868-8.
  6. ^ a b c "NSCAD UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES ITS 2022 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS". nscad.ca. NSCAD. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ Louise Poissant; Pierre Tremblay (2008). Prolife ́ration Des E ́crans. PUQ. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-2-7605-2196-4.
  8. ^ "Elastic Movies". vimeo.com. Vimeo. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ^ Timothy Scott Barker (2012). Time and the Digital: Connecting Technology, Aesthetics, and a Process Philosophy of Time. UPNE. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-1-61168-301-1.
  10. ^ Michael Heim (13 April 2000). Virtual Realism. Oxford University Press. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-19-535009-8.
  11. ^ Raivo Kelomees; Chris Hales (16 October 2014). Expanding Practices in Audiovisual Narrative. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6906-5.
  12. ^ Harrison, Dew (31 March 2015). Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies. IGI Global. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-4666-8206-1.
  13. ^ Stephen Wilson (2002). Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology. MIT Press. pp. 826–. ISBN 978-0-262-73158-4.
  14. ^ Margot Lovejoy (2 August 2004). Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age. Routledge. pp. 172–. ISBN 978-1-134-39729-7.
  15. ^ Steve Dixon (2007). Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04235-2.
  16. ^ "Attentats au World Trade Center". CBC/Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26.
  17. ^ "Exhibition Archive". www.moma.org. MOMA. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Luc Courchesne: Observer of the World". www.google.com. Université de Montréal. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Luc Courchesne". www.fondation-langlois.org. Langlois Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  20. ^ Martin Rieser; Andrea Zapp (2002). New Screen Media: Cinema/art/narrative. BFI Pub. ISBN 978-0-85170-865-2.
  21. ^ "Luc Courchesne". collections.mnbaq.org. MNBAQ. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Collection". zkm.de. centre for art and media, Karlruhe. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Examination result". ICC Biennale 1997. NTT Inter Communications Centre, Tokyo. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  24. ^ "1992 Prix Winners: Interactive Art". Ars Electronica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  25. ^ "Luc Courchesne". prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca. Government of Quebec. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Luc Courchesne". www.youtube.com. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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