Fred Forest is a university
professor in the fields of information science and communication and is internationally
renowned in the word of technological arts. He is widely recognised as one of the pioneers in
video and network arts. He was awarded the Communication Prize at the Sao-Paulo Biennial,
represented France at the Venice Biennial and participated in the Documenta in Kassel. The sale
of his virtual work "Parcelle/Réseau" at the Drouot auction house in Paris made him one of
France's best known visual artists on the international scene.
For the 1998 Internet Festival he has created the work entitled, "J'arrête le temps"
(I stop time)
Internet addresses: http://www.fredforest.org
forester@worldnet.fr
EXTRACT FROM THE GRAND LAROUSSSE UNIVERSEL ENCYCLOPAEDIA:
(page 242, supplement)
"Forest (Fred), French artist (born in Mascara, [Mouaskar], Algeria, 1933).
Since his first video exhibition in Tours in 1969, he has worked to bring together in his
creative vision social reality, the phenomena of communication and an imaginary dimension.
Forest is one of the pioneers of sociological art as an initiator of a technique which explores
the expressive possibilities of video in addition to other media such as radio, television, the
written press, telephone, cable, telematic, robotics, luminous electronic news and Internet.
Since 1994 he has held the chair of Information Science and Communication at the University of
Nice"
1969 - Interactive video installation. Galerie Sainte Croix. Tours,
France.
1972 - Media-Space with the newspaper Le Monde.
- Series of press experiments (Written press, radio, television).
1973 - Communication Prize, Sao-Paulo Biennial, Brazil.
1976 - Venice Biennial, Italy
1977 - "Documenta 6", Kassel, Germany.
- Creation of the concept: "Territoire du m2".(Space of the m2)
1982 - Personal exhibition, "Bourse de l'Imaginaire",
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1985 - Doctorat Es-Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Sorbonne, Paris,
France.
1988 - Video installation, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.
1989 - "Julia Margaret Cameron", Media event, Musée des Beaux-
Arts, Toulon, France.
1990 - Personal exhibition, Galerie Jacqueline Rivolta, Lausanne,
Switzerland.
- Prix Laser d'Or, Video Festival at Locarno, Switzerland.
1993 - "Les miradors de la Paix", (Watchtowers of peace) Former
Yugoslavia border.
1994 - Holder of the Chair of Information Science and
Communication at the University of Nice Sophia
Antipolis/Seminar Fred Forest Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art
Contemporain de Nice.
1995 - "From Casablanca to Locarno", Festival of electronic arts
at Locarno media and on-line event ( TV + radio + Internet)
- Grand Prix de la Ville de Locarno, Locarno Video Festival.
1996 - "Le Territoire des Réseaux", Creation on Internet, Imagina
96/Installation Galerie Pierre Nouvion Monaco.
- World premier sale of "ParcelleRéseau", the first
virtual work ofart from the Internet, to come under the
hammer of Maître Jean-Claude Binoche, auctioneer at the
Drouot auction house in Paris.
1998 - "J'arrête le temps" leading, emblematic event for the
Internet Festival
1999 - "Touch-me" MILIA 99.
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