Myriam Thyes [de] -
Virtual Therapy, 9:55, 2007
Director, script, actress, artwork, editing, effects: M. Thyes.
Language: English.
Camera and sound: Monika Pirch.
Film footage from: 'The Matrix', 1999.
Neo, the hero from the movie THE MATRIX, lies in the foreground,
moving restlessly sometimes, as if he were having a bad dream.
Behind him, a “projected” woman reports - with
a foreign accent - on the content of the same film. From time
to time, images of Neo's or Trinity's face fall through the
screen, like sudden memories. A kind of therapeutical situation
is constructed, in which one may reflect about what is real
and what is imagination, and about the different realities
of the conscious and the unconscious.
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The swiss / luxembourgish artist has studied painting and
videoart at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dusseldorf, Germany.
In 1990, the artist received a grant and stayed for 6 months
in Paris at the 'Cité Internationale des Arts'.
Since 1993, Thyes participates in exhibitions and festivals.
She has realised solo projects in public areas with flag installations
in Dusseldorf (1996) and Luxembourg (1997).
Since 1999, the artist focuses on videoart, animation and
digital imagery. Since 2000, Thyes has as well been realising
media art projects on public screens, and giving lectures,
artists talks and workshops. 2004: the animation MUTABLE WORLDS
was nominated for the 'Marler Videokunst-Preis' and exhibited
several times. In 2005, her participatory animation project
FLAG METAMORPHOSES received funding from the Swiss Federal
Office of Culture, and her video ASCENSION won the 'Depict!
Award' at Encounters Shortfilm Festival in Bristol, UK. Her
animation 'EU 2020 ?' took part in the KunstFilmBiennale in
Cologne (DE).
Since 2006, Thyes has presented FLAG METAMORPHOSES at festivals
and exhibitions internationally. FLAG METAMORPHOSES has received
the Multimedia Prize 2006 at Avanca Festival, Portugal.
In 2007, the video installation MALTA AS METAPHOR received
funding from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture; the video
triptych installation MULTIPLE MADONNA was shown at Street
Level Photoworks, Glasgow (UK), in the frame of 'Timeloop
– video art from Germany'. FLAG METAMORPHOSES was shown
at URBAN SCREENS Conference + Public Art Events in Manchester
(UK).
2008, FLAG METAMORPHOSES - meanwhile 28 animations by more
than 20 artists, 46 min. in all - is shown at the Triennial
of Contemporary Art Oberschwaben, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
(DE). In August and September, the artist will work at Glasgow
with a grant.
Myriam Thyes is represented by imai – inter media art
institute, Germany.
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www.thyes.com
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