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ugo arsac
Ugo Arsac is a digital and visual artist based in Marseille.
He graduated from the Beaux-Arts of Paris, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing.
He won the Prix Émergences (Scam) and the Prix des Amis du Fresnoy. He recently exhibited his work at Chroniques – Biennial of Digital Imaginaries in Marseille, the Ososphere in Strasbourg, or DDessin Paris with the Galerie Robet Dantec.
In 2023, he is Laureate of the DDESSIN PARIS Prize and resident of the Villa Albertine in New York.
By combining urban and human, mythology and anthropology, Ugo Arsac produces films, installations, immersive experiences as well as graphic works.
A copy of IN URBE, his latest creation, has just entered the collection of the Espace Multimédia Gantner, a national contemporary art center dedicated to digital arts.
This work, produced by Le Fresnoy, Studio national des Arts Contemporains, is a 3D drawing of the basements of Paris. A hidden, underground landscape, with its “valons”, its “hills”, its “caves”. A body teeming with life with its own organs just waiting for viewers to explore.
“In his installation IN-URBE, the artist Ugo Arsac was interested in the underground spaces of cities. Beneath our feet lies a real labyrinth, a whole world that we cannot guess on the surface, made up of sewer networks, metro lines, crypts and electrical circuits. Like an explorer, he traveled underground in Paris for days, scanning the spaces he visited to create a three-dimensional map, a puzzle of different places. The visitor is invited to explore these inaccessible spaces and immerse themselves in this virtual world.“
Lucie Menard.
2024
DDESSIN PARIS | Galerie Robet Dantec | Paris
“Animation, mécanique de l’esprit” | dans le cadre de Drawing Now Art Fair, commissariat Joana R. Reves | Galerie Robet Dantec hors les murs | Paris
Festival SXSW | Austin | Texas (US)
2023
DDESSIN PARIS | Glerie Robet Dantec | Domus Maubourg | Paris
ISEA | Le Cube | Paris
Révolution V52 | Digital Zone et L’Unique | Marseille et Caen
2022
Luxembourg Art Week | Glacis Square | Galerie Robet Dantec | Luxembourg
Art On Paper | Vanderborght Building | Galerie Robet Dantec | Bruxelles
L’Ososphère | Quartier Laiterie |Strasbourg
DDESSIN PARIS 22 | Le Molière | Galerie Robet Dantec | Paris
Points de vue | Galerie Robet Dantec | Belfort
2021
Novembre Numérique, Exposition | Centre Dovzhenko | Institut français | Ukraine
XRDAY Workshop | TAICCA & NewImages Festival | France – Taïwan
Tout s’éclaire, Exposition | Anciens Laboratoires ECLAIR | Epinay-sur-Seine
Biennale Mulhouse 021 Exposition | Motoco | Mulhouse
2020
PANORAMA 22 «Les Sentinelles» Exposition | Le Fresnoy | Tourcoing
DocLisboa °18, Festival | Doc Weekly top10 | Portugal
2019
PANORAMA 21 «Les Revenants», Exposition | Le Fresnoy | Tourcoing
Cent pour Cent, Exposition | Grandes Halles de la Villette | Paris
2018
Clermont – Ferrand Film Festival, Marché du film | France
2017
NÉMO – Biennale des arts numériques, Projection | Centquatre | Paris
ORPHEO, Exposition | Église de Saint Merry | Paris
Cabinet du Livre d’Artiste, Exposition | CLA | Rennes
2016
Rome Indépendant Film Festival | Corti | Italie
Short Film Corner, Marché du film | Cannes
2015
Torino Film Festival TFF33 | Italiani Corti | Italie
2023
Prix DDESSIN PARIS
Villa Albertine | Résidence de recherche | New York.
2022
Fruitière numériques | résidence de conception | Lourmarin
2021
Chroniques – émergence régionale | Production | Marseille
Aide Individuelle à la Création DRAC Hauts de France
Soutiens C2L3PLAY Interreg | France – Belgique
2020
Prix des Amis du Fresnoy Panorama.22 | Tourcoing
2018
Ardenome, Résidence | EDIS | Avignon
104 CENTQUATRE, Résidence | Écriture numérique | Paris
2017
Prix Émergences SCAM*, Centquatre | Paris
2020 : IN-URBE Installation interactive XR & VR
2019 : EN CONTREBAS Documentaire | 50 mn
2017 : JOUONS À LA GUERRE Documentaire | 30 mn
2015 : NEUF CORDES Fiction | 20mn
Collection du FRAC Picardie Hauts de France (2023)
Collection de l’Espace multimédia Gantner (2022)
