A LAKE

Philippe Grandrieux’s work covers several areas of the kinetic visual arts: feature film, experimental television, video art, documentary, museum and gallery installations. His uncompromised vision leads him to push the boundaries of whatever field he is working in: the result is an ever inventive, truly radical cinema. Grandrieux’s first three feature films, Sombre (Special Jury Prize at the 1998 Locarno FF), A New Life (2002) and A Lake (Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Venice FF in the Orizzonti section) demonstrate his profound exploration of image, sound and narrative structures, which aim at engaging psychologically the viewer through synesthesia. Since 2005, programs devoted to Grandrieux’s work have been programmed at many festivals. In October 2013, the Whitney Museum of American Art offered a «carte blanche» to Grandrieux as part of the Walls and Bridges Festival. Parallel to his artistic work, he has published several works. Grandrieux also taught at the prestigious La Femis University and was Visiting Professor at Harvard for the academic year 2012-2013.