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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.

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Professional Activities

  • Production of the video game Tumbling Tumbleweed, commissioned for Noam Toran’s exhibition We Crave Blood, Rawart Gallery, Tel Aviv, Feb. 16 – Mar. 25, 2023
  • Academic interventions in the master Space and Communication, at the HEAD – Geneva, since Dec. 2021
    Since he graduated with his master’s degree, Tanguy Benoit has been mandated to provide pedagogical interventions at the Geneva University of Art and Design. By animating workshops or conferences, he helps future designers to develop their projects and to acquire new technical skills.
  • Design of the installation Trade Winds and Westerlies, nominated for the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Award for Excellence, in the Space Design category, 2021
  • Design collaboration for In the Eye of the Prince, the scenography for the Hermès winter window displays, Geneva, 2020 – 2021
  • Production of the short film Forty-Niners in California, screened at The Design Film Festival, Sept. 11 – Nov. 1, 2020
  • Involvement in the collective exhibition Flying Saucers, Ariana, Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass – Geneva, Oct. 7 – Oct. 14, 2018
  • Participation in the event Flying Saucers, during the Cultural Night of Langenthal, Switzerland, in the city’s old porcelain factory, Apr. 27, 2018.



Education

  • Master of Arts HES-SO, in Design, Space and Communication orientation, at the HEAD – Geneva, with "Excellent distinction", 2021
    This master’s degree encourages the production of complex narratives to produce films, installations or performances. The program is particularly involved in the relationship between design and film, both from a theoretical and practical aspect.
  • Bachelor of Arts HES-SO, in Visual Arts, Construction orientation, at the HEAD – Geneva, with the "Congratulations of the jury", 2019
    The teaching of this bachelor’s degree engages a critical reflection on the space design. With a transversal approach, students develop and reexamine the mediums of sculpture, installation, performance and sound.