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[edit] Myriam Thyes
visual artist, new media
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).
Myriam Thyes is represented by imai – inter media art institute, Germany.
[edit] Flag Metamorphoses
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
FLAG METAMORPHOSES
Next deadline: August 30, 2008 (and ongoing)
Flag Metamorphoses is a participatory art project - a continuously growing series of animations with many authors: The flags of every nation in the world will transform into each other through flash animations. Between each two flags, scenes appear to show an aspect of the relations between the two countries - an exploration into the meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re-mixing of diverse national iconography. Flag Metamorphoses lays stress on the relations between nations as changing ones: Only in the permanent re-creation of values, symbols and ways of life, in mixing with others and differing from others, identities, cultures and societies stay alive. Each artist who creates a flag animation expresses such a relation in his/her own way. You too can contribute!
To find out how to participate (concept + call in 8 languages), to see Flash flag animations and the list of exhibitions and festivals, please visit the website.
