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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.






Art and Design


Exhibitions and Screenings

  • 2024, Festival NuméricA
    Invited by Pauline BOUCHARLAT, curator of imagespassages
    La Turbine, Annecy (FRA)
  • 2020, Montage: Design and Film, Film and Design
    Organized by Alexandra Midal, Ulrich Lehmann and Jana Scholze
    As part of The Design Film Festival
    Online
  • 2018, Soucoupes volantes
    Ariana museum, Geneva (CHE)
  • 2018, Soucoupes volantes
    A part of the Nuit Culturelle
    Langenthal (CHE)
  • 2017, Dioramas
    Natural History Museum [MHN], Geneva (CHE)



Art Commissions

  • 2023, We Crave Blood
    Noam TORAN’s exhibition
    Curated by Maya BAMBERGER
    RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv (ISR)



Residencies

  • 2023, Matza (selected)
    Created and organized by Séverin GUELPA
    Geneva (CHE)



Awards and Nominations

  • 2021, Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Excellence Award (nomination)
    Space design category
    Geneva (CHE)



Other

  • 2021, Dans l’œil du Prince
    Hermès - Geneva (CHE)


Teaching


Academic Positions

  • 2021 - 2024, Guest speaker HES-SO
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)



Tutoring

  • 2024, MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)



Pedagogical Interventions (guest)

  • 2024, Workshop Workshop
    Led by Noam TORAN
    MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)
  • 2024 and 2021, Workshop Physical Editing
    Led by Rosario HURTADO and Roberto FEO
    MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)
  • 2023 and 2022, Workshop Son
    Led by Dominic ROBSON
    MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)
  • 2023 and 2021, Workshop First Encounters
    Led by Noam TORAN
    MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)
  • 2018, Critical session of the Création course
    With Dorothée LOUSTALOT
    École des Beaux-Arts du Genevois [EBAG] - Annemasse (FRA)



Publications

  • 2021, The Hidden Story, Les westerns parlants de John Ford (1939-1964)
    Supervized by Alexandra Midal
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)



Talks and Lectures

  • 2022, Presentations of artistic production work
    MA Space and Communication
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)



Academic Background


Degrees

  • 2021, Master of Arts HES-SO
    In Design, Space and Communication orientation
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)
  • 2019, Bachelor of Arts HES-SO
    In Visual Arts, Construction option
    Haute École d’Art et de Design [HEAD] - Geneva (CHE)