Thomas Dudan-Mobilographies

Susan Adda ArtWorks

en partenariat avec le restaurant Justine

et Pullman Montparnasse

présente

«Mobilographies» de Thomas Dudan

Dans le cadre de la programmation Just-In-Art

Vernissage jeudi 10 fevrier, 2011 de 18h30 à 21h

Mobilographe, nm. personne qui prend des photographies à l’aide d’un téléphone mobile.

Voici une nouvelle définition qui pourrait bientôt faire son entrée dans les dictionnaires. On la doit à Thomas Dudan, jeune artiste de 28 ans, qui s’adonne à un exercice qui pourrait

paraître banal: photographier le quotidien avec un des objets les plus représentatifs de

sa génération, un photo-téléphone portable.

Les mobilographies de Thomas Dudan ont été exposées à Cannes, aux Sony World Photography awards en 2009, au Palais du Tokyo, et dans des galeries à Paris, et Géneve.

Thomas Dudan se libère de toute contrainte pour revenir au medium dans sa plus simple expression, incarnation moderne de l’intiale camera obscura. Avec un objectif de la taille d’une tête d’épingle, il offre un voyage impressioniste et mystérieux au coeurdes villes, entre ombres et lumières. Nous entrons dans un monde fait d’instantanés, où toute notion de dimension devient improbable et où le réel se perd dans d’étranges énigmes. Dans les images de Thomas Dudan, un pavé se donne des allures de banquise, les reflets des façades plongent dans de profonds abîmes et les feux des voitures embrasent les avenues.

On ressent les éléments, les gens. L’eau, le feu, l’air, la terre sont les acteurs de ce kaleïdoscope.

 

Exposition, vente organisée par Susan Adda ArtWorks du

10 janvier 2011 au 28 mars, 2011

Restaurant Le Justine, Hôtel Pullman Montparnasse -Niveau A-

19 Rue du Commandant Mouchotte,

Paris 75014

Susan Adda ArtWorks in partnership with the 

restaurant Justine and Pullman Montparnasse

present «Mobilographies» by Thomas Dudan
A Just-In-Art series exhibition
Exhibition, sale of artwork organized by Susan Adda ArtWorks from January 10^th to March 28^th, 2010

Artist's reception thursday february 10, 2011 from 6:30pm to 9pm

Mobilographe: a photographer who uses a cell phone as the tool of his artistic expresssion.

Thomas Dudan, is a 28 year old artist who lends his talent to a method of expression that at first glance may seem banal, but it is also representational of his generation: He photographs everyday life with a cell phone. Throwing away the constraints of traditional photography, the medium returns to it's origins in the most simplistic expression, the modern incarnation of camera obscura. With a lens the size of the head of a pin, Dudan offers a mysterious, impressionist's voyage between shadow and light and to the heart of his subjects. He takes us to a world of instant, fleeting moments, where notions of dimension become lost in a strange enigma.

Thomas Dudan's Mobilographies have been shown in Cannes at the Sony World Photography awards in 2009, at the Palais de Tokyo and in contemporary art galleries in Paris, and Geneva.

 

Expo Arnaud Sabot

Susan Adda ArtWorks présente «Interventions», une exposition des œuvres d'Arnaud Sabot (Esporu) au restaurant Justine, Hôtel Meridien Montparnasse.

Les œuvres d'Arnaud Sabot porte sur une réflexion théologique sur le médium photographique, utilisé par l'artiste comme instrument d'intervention.

Dans notre monde où l'image est omniprésente, Arnaud Sabot s'y invite et propose un travail éclectique d'interrogations, de sentiments et d'imagination.

Sélectionnées par les salons et foires d'art contemporain renommés comme MAC 2000, l'Affordable Art Fair, Salon de Montrouge, Jeune Talents...entre autres, les œuvres d'Arnaud Sabot ont été exposées dans les galeries parisiennes et au Palais de Tokyo.

Son travail  a également gagné un prix de la photographie à Los Angeles.



Exposition du  27 septembre 2010 au 10 janvier 2011



Pour plus de renseignements contacter : Susan Adda – susan@susanadda.com



Susan Adda ArtWorks presents the exhibition « Interventions », from artist Arnaud Sabot (Esporu), at the Justine restaurant, Hotel Meridien Montparnasse.



Arnaud Sabot's art work questions the traditional use of photographic theory and technique. His concept is to engage photography as an instrument of intervention.



As an artist, Sabot introduces himself into our world of pervasive images, and proposes an eclectic body of work – sentimental, introspective, and imaginative.



Arnaud Sabot's art  work has been presented in renown contemporary art fairs in France, in art galleries and at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He has also earned a  photography award in Los Angeles.

 

Exhibition from September 27th 2010 to January 10th 2011



For more information please contact : Susan Adda – susan@susanadda.com

The Earth Day Roller Coaster Game in Paris with Avatar and a Volcano

Mother Nature doesn't always get with program!

A crazy California girl, raised in the 70's in L.A. (enough said), caught in the Paris art world, I had been searching for a way to bring an Earth Day event to Paris for 2 years. When I found the CleanArt Planet Project in a Paris art gallery in the spring of 2009, I knew that I had found my partners for the adventure: Two Corsicans, Gilles and Charlie ( a designer and a film director) and Thierry, a Parisian photographer in love with the Atlantic coast- Who could ask for a better team?

I had worked with the Westin Hotel Paris in 2007 for the exhibition and

book launch for Sebastian Copeland's "Antarctica- The Global Warning" and it was a great success. Great cocktail, great speeches, music by Didier Lockwood, great results in the international press...

Now a fantastic opportunity was at hand: Earth Day's 40 anniversary in 2010. So, I returned to the Westin armed with an Earth Day celebration project. ..The game was on...

My first setback: The wonderful, motivated, and always enthusiastic Starwood group (Westin) PR girl that I had worked with in 2007 loved my ED40 project proposal, promised to push it, and then, left for another job. My proposal was lost in the cracks in the streets of Paris (and if you know Paris, you know the kind of cracks I'm talking about!)

Although the director of the hotel was keen on the project, my main contact would still be the PR department. Ok, so new players, new rules - I had to start the process all over again. A "rain delay" that lasted almost 9 months.  A search for another possible venue, and then the Westin agreed to host the cocktail event, and the exhibition for 3 weeks, but we had to provide the extras with supplimentary sponsorship.

Convincing big French corporations to cough up even a little sponsorship money late in the game and in this economy was a HUGE challenge! The Earth Day Network appreciates that fact that you want to organize an event in their name, but not enough to help you find sponsors. Not to mention all the other organizational hurdles and roadblocks along the way... I speak French and English, but even that was not enough to avoid the various communication breakdowns.

So the ED40 Paris event was thrown to the good graces of the « God of Extreme Last Minute Efforts. »

After dispensing buckets of tireless enthusiasm and energy, our Earth Day 40 celebration in Paris was planned to the last detail, thanks to the unbelievable hustle and bustle of everyone involved. It truly was a great team effort. The CleanArt Guys were fantastic, and sponsors came through at the (very) last minute: Groupe Dassault, Tattinger Champagne, PSAV (who supplied the tech support and plasma screens), print shops, and others.

The event coordinator from the Westin was very professional, my friends at UNESCO Paris were helpful, Tattinger and the printer delivered on time. The director of the hotel was kind enough to thank me in her speech. The French Director of WWF, a rep from the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, CleanArt and UNESCO Paris also came and gave speeches. Forced to fight against my debilitating fear of speaking in public, red in the face and trembling, at the request of CleanArt, even I delivered a small speech.

During the cocktail the art work looked incredibly eclectic displayed in the Napoleon - era Salon Imperial at the Westin. Among painted baroque ceilings, columns and gold, we exhibited photos and collages of colorful beach debris, projected a 3D film and had « sonographics » emitting from recycled objects. Plenty of corporate VIP's showed up and the cocktail went well, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

However once again, the project fell somewhat, through the cracks: Because of all the delays, and despite everyone's efforts, including my own, we were too late for anything but internet press. Contrary to the « Antarctica » project, the sponsors didn't communicate about the event. Even The Earth Day Network's external international communication group, working pro bono from Belgium (of course!), was unable to provide us with press articles.

And then, two days after the cocktail, the super wonderful news, a communication and PR dream and, our saving grace in the last quarter of the game:

The producer of Avatar and my fellow Los Angeleno, Jon Landau was coming to Paris with Fox Home Entertainment to promote the launch of the film Avatar on DVD and Blu-ray for Earth Day 40! Not only to Paris, but because I had brought Earth Day 40 to the Westin, the hotel had been presented with the opportunity to host the press junket! The CleanArt Planet guys, the art work and me, in front of 200 journalists together with Jon Landau!!! WOW!

Ran out to the Champs Elysées with the Thierry and Charlie from CleanArt

to see the film and was overwhelmed to tears. We were going to meet the man who produced this incredible film that expressed so much about how I felt about man-kind and his relationship to nature.

The junket was scheluded for the following tuesday. Major hustle involved to prepare. Late nights, phone calls, ( including a 4 way conference call from the  Earth Day Network headquarters in Washington D.C.) e-mails, negotiations, a new press release for the occasion revised 3 times....

AND-

The day before the press junket, it was cancelled. A volcano in Iceland had grounded everyone, including Jon Landau. So no junket, no journalists. No press opps.

Plenty of guts, but no glory.

I have tried to send a letter to Jon Landau, don't know if he got it or read it.

They say that you can't fool Mother Nature, but what happens when you are trying to help her and she still plays you for a fool?