Christian Rizzo
Il -120609 - Installation - 2009
presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 11
Installation
Is a prototype newspaper cutting. Is one episode among the encounters. Is somewhere between sculpture and image. Is the other in motion. Is a date. Is an invitation. Is the shopping-bag in front of the kitchen. Is memory with ornaments. Is a mask. Is a vanity. Is an accident with no discernable after-effects. Is waiting before forgetting. Is the spatial roundabout. Is a detail in the investigation. Is a minimalist song. I'm looking for his name.
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.
