About
Biography
Graduated from the Geneva University of Art and Design, Tanguy BENOIT is a transdisciplinary artist concerned with the political meaning attributed to landscape in popular media. By examining the methods used to represent territory in entertainment, he points out contemporary issues related to the concepts of border and otherness. He focuses his research on certain communication media, real or fictive, as well as on the social practices, cultural productions and common imaginaries that surround them. Tanguy BENOIT’s reflections infiltrate other disciplines such as cinema, video games, design and media studies.
His projects consist of installations composed of dioramas, optical instruments, video games, digital simulations, short films, sound elements and photographic views. By combining these productions, he creates transmedia narratives that reveal the ambiguities involved in the diffusion mechanisms of conventional history.
In parallel to his research, Tanguy BENOIT is involved occasionally in the master’s degree in Space and Communication at the HEAD – Geneva.
Events
9 March 2024
NuméricA Festival
For the third edition of the NuméricA Festival, Tanguy BENOIT is invited by the imagespassages organization to present his project Tumbling Tumbleweed, Quieter Than Silence.The event brings together a number of digital ambassadors from Annecy and the surrounding area. It takes place during the second weekend of March at La Turbine, Annecy.
16 February 2023
We Crave Blood
For Noam TORAN’s exhibition entitled We Crave Blood, organized by curator Maya BAMBERGER at Tel Aviv’s RawArt Gallery, Tanguy BENOIT has been invited to present his project Tumbling Tumbleweed, Quieter Than Silence.This exhibition proposes to explore "the pervasive imprint of settler mythologies and imaginaries onto desert landscapes".
24 December 2020
Dans l’œil du prince
During the winter season 2020/2021, the students of the Master Espace et Communication designed the scenography of the windows of Hermès – Geneva.In the theater, "l’œil du prince" refers to the place from which the performance is optimally perceived. The display windows offer a panorama of Swiss landscapes that come to life through an optical effect.