Claire Atherton

Claire Atherton
Born1963 (age 60–61)
San Francisco, USA
NationalityFrench, American
EducationInstitut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris

Institute of Foreign Language, Beijing

École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Paris
Occupation(s)Film editor, conception of video installations
AwardsVision Award Ticinomoda 2019

Claire Atherton is a film editor. In 2019, she received the Vision Award Ticinomoda on the occasion of the 72nd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, becoming the first woman to receive the award.[1]

Biography

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She was born in 1963 in San Francisco, U.S.[2] She grew up in New-York, then in Paris. She now works and lives in France. She is the sister of Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Attracted very young by Taoist philosophy and Chinese ideograms, she spent a few months in China in 1980, at the Institute of Foreign Language in Beijing. Then she enrolled at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris.

Atherton had her first work experience in 1982, in Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir in Paris[3] where she worked as video technician. In 1984, she enrolled in the professional branch of the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris from which she graduated in 1986.[4] She then started to work on sound and image for some of the productions of Centre Simone de Beauvoir and various other projects. From the 1990s onwards, Atherton started to mainly focus on film editing.

She met with Chantal Akerman in 1984 on the occasion of the theater adaptation of Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963 by Sylvia Plath which was played by Delphine Seyrig at the Petit théâtre de Paris. Seyrig asked Akerman and Atherton to film the performance

This episode marked the beginning of a 31-year collaboration between the filmmaker and the film editor,[5] first behind the camera and then on film editing. Atherton worked with Akerman on her documentaries, fictions and installations, up until No Home Movie and NOW, an installation which was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015.[6][7]

Nowadays Atherton is in charge of the conception and spatialization of Akerman's installations, which are presented on the occasion of exhibitions in the entire world.

Atherton also works with many other filmmakers and artists. Among them are Luc Decaster, Emilio Pacull, Noëlle Pujol, Andreas Bolm, Emmanuelle Demoris, Elsa Quinette, Christine Seghezzi, Christophe Bisson, Olivier Dury and Éric Baudelaire and many others.

In 2013, the Cinémathèque de Grenoble, France, organized an event dedicated to Atherton's work as film editor. It's the first retrospective dedicated to the body of work of an editor.

She is often invited to give master classes with young filmmakers during workshops in France and internationally. She also teaches in cinema and art schools such as La Fémis and at the HEAD School in Geneva, Switzerland.

In 2019, she received the Vision Award Ticinomoda on the occasion of the 72nd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, becoming the first woman to receive the award which since 2013 "both highlights and pays tribute to someone whose creative work behind the scenes, as well as in their own right, has contributed to opening up new perspectives in film".[8]

Filmography

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Editing

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Photography

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  • 1986: Femmes et Musique, production of Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir (first assistant camera).
  • 1986: Rue Mallet-Stevens by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)
  • 1986: Le Marteau by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)
  • 1988: Histoires d'Amérique by Chantal Akerman (first assistant camera)
  • 1988: L'institut du monde Arabe (first assistant camera)
  • 1988: Marguerite Paradis by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)
  • 1988: Notes pour Debussy by Jean-Patrick Lebel (first assistant camera)
  • 1990: Igor by Jean-François Gallotte (director of photography)

Installations

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  • 1995: Le 25e écran, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 1998: Autobiography, selfportrait in progress, an installation by Chantal Akerman[10]
  • 2001: Woman Sitting After Killing, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2002: From the Other Side, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2002: A voice in the Desert, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2004: Marcher à côté de ses lacets dans un frigidaire vide, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2007: La Chambre, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2007: Je tu il elle, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2007: In the Mirror, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2008: Femmes d'Anvers en Novembre, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2009: Maniac Summer, an installation by Chantal Akerman
  • 2015: NOW, an installation by Chantal Akerman[11]
  • 2019: Tu peux prendre ton temps, an installation by Éric Baudelaire
  • 2020: Death Passed My Way and Stuck This Flower in My Mouth, installation d'Éric Baudelaire

Exhibitions

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  • 2015: Chantal Akerman: NOW, Ambika P3, Londres, Oct. 30 - Nov. 6, 2015.[12]
  • 2016: Group show 'Imagine Europe: In search of New Narratives', BOZAR, Brussels, April 13 - May 29, 2016 (Chantal Akerman: D'Est).[13]
  • 2016: Chantal Akerman: Maniac Shadows, la Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel, Nov. 19, 2016 - Feb.19, 2017.[14]
  • 2017: Chantal Akerman: NOW et In The Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, Sept. 14 - Nov. 21, 2017.[15]
  • 2018: Group show 'Scenes from the Collection, Constellations', Jewish Museum, New York, 21 janvier - 31 juillet 2018 (Chantal Akerman: NOW, 2015).[16]
  • 2018: Group show 'Pedro Costa: Company', Contemporary art museum of Serralves, Porto, Oct. 19, 2018 - Jan. 29, 2019 (Chantal Akerman: Femmes d'Anvers en Novembre, 2008).[17]
  • 2018: Chantal Akerman: 'Tempo Expandido / Expanded Time', Oi Futuro, Rio,Nov. 26, 2018 - Jan. 27, 2019.[18]
  • 2018: Solo show of Chantal Akerman, MOCA, Toronto, Feb. 14 - May 12, 2019.[19]
  • 2019: Group show 'Defiant Muses: Delphine Seyrig and the Feminist Video Collectives in France (1970s-1980s)', Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Sept. 25 - March 23, 2019 (Chantal Akerman: Woman Sitting After Killing, 2001).[20]
  • 2020 : 'From the Other Side, Fragment', MUAC, Mexico, March 7 - April 19, 2020. Exhibition curated by Claire Atherton.
  • 2020 : 'Chantal Akerman: Passages', Eye Museum, Amsterdam, June 1 - August 30, 2020.
  • 2021: 'Chantal Akerman : From The Other Side', Galerie Marian Goodman Paris, December 7, 2021 - February 5, 2022. Artistic direction : Claire Atherton
  • 2022: 'Chantal Akerman : STANZE Sul custodire il perdere', Casa Masaccio, February 26 - May 8, 2022. Artistic direction : Claire Atherton

See also

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Articles and Publications

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  • 2015: Tribute to Chantal Akerman: translation by Felicity Caplin of the text  written and read by Claire Atherton at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, on Novembre 16, 2015, on the occasion of the screening of No Home Movie : 'Chantal Akerman: La Passion de L'Intime / An Intimate Passion', Senses of Cinema n° 77, Dec. 2015, also published in Camera Obscrura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies, Duke University Press, 2019.[21][22]
  • 2016: Interview with Tina Poglajen, Film Comment[23].
  • 2017: 'Our Way of Working: A Conversation with Claire Atherton about Chantal Akerman', interview with Ivone Margulies, Camera Obscura n°100, pp 13–28.[24]
  • 2018: 'Pouvons-nous être en relation avec ce qui est  ? / Can we be in touch with what is?', Qu'est-ce que le réel ? Des cinéastes prennent position/What is Real? Filmmakers weigh in, dir. Andréa Picard, Post-édition / Cinéma du Réel, 2018, pp. 13–16.
  • 2018: 'A conversation with Claire Atherton', by Roger Crittenden, Fine Cuts: Interview on the Practice of European Film Editing, New-York: Routledge, 2018.
  • 2019: 'Living Matter', Bomb n°148.[25]
  • 2019: 'On Chantal Akerman', News From Home: The Films of Chantal Akerman (catalogue published on the occasion of Akeman's retrospective organized as part of the Toronto International Film Festival).[26]
  • 2019: 'About D'Est. Editing Chantal Akerman's Film', Versopolis, nov. 4, 2019.[27]
  • 2019: 'The Art of Living', interview with Yaniya Lee, canadianart, 1er mars 2019 (web).[28]

Talks and Masterclasses

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  • 2016: "Editing, A Composition", Jihlava International Film Festival,.[29][30]
  • 2016: "The Art of Editing": Tel Aviv International Student Films Festival.[31]
  • 2018: Frankfurt University, Masterclass and presentation of D'est by Chantal Akerman.[32][33]
  • 2019: A conversation with Claire Atherton moderated by Antoine Thirion and Nicholas Elliott during the 72nd edition of the International Film Festival of Locarno.[34]
  • 2020: "The Mechanism of the Organic ", masterclass of Claire Atherton moderated by Antoine Thirion, during the 10th edition of FICUNAM, Mexico.[35][36]
  • 2020: "Spatializing cinema : a conversation between Claire Atherton and Dana Linssen", Eye Museum, Amsterdam.[37]
  • 2020 : 'Pensadores Contemporáneos en Síntesis', filmed interview with Bani Khoshnoudi for TV UNAM, March 2020.[38]

Bibliography

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  • 2019: Laura Davis, "Un film dramatique", Filmexplorer (web).[39]
  • 2019: Laura Davis, "Listening to Images: A conversation with Editor Claire Atherton", Mubi notebook (web).[40]
  • 2019: Justine Smith, ' "Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies', Hypperallergic (web).[41]
  • 2019: Lorenzo Buccella, "Life needs editing", News from the Locarno Festival (web).[42]

References

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  1. ^ "Vision Award Ticinomoda". www.locarnofestival.ch. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. ^ "Claire Atherton - Participants - Witte de With". www.wdw.nl. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  3. ^ ""Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies". Hyperallergic. 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  4. ^ "Living Matter by Claire Atherton - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  5. ^ "Listening to Images: A Conversation with Editor Claire Atherton". MUBI. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  6. ^ "Interview: Claire Atherton". Film Comment. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  7. ^ Crittenden, Roger (2018-05-20). Fine Cuts: Interviews on the Practice of European Film Editing. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-47511-0.
  8. ^ "Vision Award Ticinomoda". www.locarnofestival.ch. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  9. ^ "Claire Atherton". www.unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  10. ^ Gallery, Frith Street. "Chantal Akerman: Selfportrait / Autobiography: A Work In Progress - Exhibitions". Frith Street Gallery. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  11. ^ "Chantal Akerman "Now" at Ambika P3, London •". Mousse Magazine (in Italian). 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  12. ^ "P3 exhibitions / Past / 2015". www.p3exhibitions.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  13. ^ "IMAGINE EUROPE". BOZAR (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  14. ^ "Chantal Akerman. Maniac Shadows exposition". lafermedubuisson.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  15. ^ "Chantal Akerman | NOW". Marian Goodman. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  16. ^ "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  17. ^ "Pedro Costa: Company | Sabzian". www.sabzian.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  18. ^ "Chantal Akerman | Oi Futuro". Marian Goodman. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  19. ^ "Chantal Akerman - Programs - 2019". Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  20. ^ "Defiant Muses | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía". www.museoreinasofia.es. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  21. ^ Atherton, Claire (2015-12-08). "Tribute to Chantal Akerman by Claire Atherton". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  22. ^ "Volume 34 Issue 1 (100) | Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies | Duke University Press". read.dukeupress.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  23. ^ "Interview: Claire Atherton". Film Comment. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  24. ^ "Volume 34 Issue 1 (100) | Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies | Duke University Press". read.dukeupress.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  25. ^ "Living Matter by Claire Atherton - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  26. ^ "News from Home: The Films of Chantal Akerman". TIFF. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  27. ^ Beletrina, Production. "About D'Est | Versopolis". www.versopolis.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  28. ^ Lee, Yaniya. "The Art of Living". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  29. ^ "Masterclass: Claire Atherton | DOK.REVUE". www.dokrevue.cz. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  30. ^ "Masterclass: Claire Atherton". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11.
  31. ^ "The Art of Editing". YouTube.
  32. ^ "Claire Atherton. Filme schneiden mit Chantal Akerman – Chantal Akerman – Lecture & Film" (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  33. ^ "Filme schneiden mit Chantal Akerman". www.normativeorders.net. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  34. ^ SPAZIO CINEMA: Vision Award Ticinomoda to Claire Atherton, retrieved 2020-02-25
  35. ^ "Claire Atherton: El mecanismo de lo orgánico, en 16mm – FICUNAM" (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  36. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  37. ^ "Spatializing Cinema". 2020.
  38. ^ "CLAIRE ATHERTON - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  39. ^ "Un film dramatique". filmexplorer.ch. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  40. ^ "Listening to Images: A Conversation with Editor Claire Atherton". MUBI. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  41. ^ ""Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies". Hyperallergic. 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  42. ^ "Life needs editing". www.locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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