Christian Rizzo
Fom 1 - Film - 2011
presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 13
Film
fom1 is the first part of a diptych questioning the idea of ghosts. As a dancer and choreographer, I feel as if I appear with movement. Today, having created a double of myself in smoke (image and motion capture) movement becomes the element that makes me disappear...
Does that mean immobility would be the only alternative to give me at least an outline?
fom2 (part two) will only be revealed next year. After the image, it is a volumetric trace that takes over the appearing/disappearing act including technology linked to innovative textiles...
Christian Rizzo
Born in Cannes in 1965 - Lives and works in Paris. Christian Rizzo embarked on his artistic career in Toulouse, where he formed a rock group and created a clothing brand, before studying visual arts at the Villa Arson, in Nice, and branching out somewhat unexpectedly in the direction of dance. The 1990s sees him performing with many contemporary choreographers, as well as occasionally producing soundtracks or creating costumes. He could be seen with Mathilde Monnier, Hervé Robbe, Mark Tompkins, and participating in other art projects with Vera Mantero, Catherine Contour, Emmanuelle Huynh, and Rachid Ouramdane. In 1996, he founded the association fragile, presenting performances, dance objects, and solo or group pieces, alternating with other projects or commissions in fashion or the visual arts. Since then, there have been more than thirty productions, not counting teaching activities. Christian Rizzo has acted as a regular tutor in art schools in France and abroad, as well as in structures dedicated to contemporary dance. Since 2007, the association fragile/christian rizzo has been in residence at the Lille Opera.
