Bertrand Planes is a French visual artist who lives and works in Paris, France. His artworks often involve subverting and finding new uses for everyday objects.
Biography
He represented France in the 2005 La Paz Bienniale. His works include shop Christmas window displays for Le Bon Marché in Paris.
''Emmaus''
In 1999 he developed the brand "Emmaus" in reference of French Emmaus Charity shops. The brand became official in 2003 when Martin Hirsch signed with Bertrand Planes its creation. He organised about 10 fashion shows in France, mainly in Paris. http://www.bertrandplanes.com/emmaus/PressReview.pdf
His Life Clock is a slowed-down clock which runs 61320 times slower than normal: 1 minute on the clock takes a year for the hands to cross.
''Bump It!''
first video mapping In 2006 after a workshop with CNRS he developed a very new video projection technique, today known as 'Video Mapping'. He called it BumpIt! in reference of bump mapping
''Bump It! tour''
In 2011 he spent 2 months and half travelling around Russia, 13500 km by car from Vladivostok to Moscow and 12 solo shows on the way. This resulted in Bump It! tour, shown at the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2011.
Solo exhibitions
2011 A ciel ouvert, Terril D'Haillicourt, France 2011 Bump it! tour, Russia 2011 no signal, New Galerie, Paris, France 2011 the place we've been, Galerie Ben Kaufman, Berlin 2010 New Galerie, Paris 2010 à moins que.., Théâtre de l'Agora, Évry, France 2010 Formula Gallery, Etagi, St Petersbourg, Russia 2009 Bateau mouche 2, Futur en Seine, Paris, France 2008 Bump it!, Église Sainte Elisabeth Paris, France 2008 Untitled, Galerie Griesmar & Tamer, Paris, France 2007 Low Tone, Galerie Artcore, Paris, France 2005 mar:3D, SIART Biennale, La Paz, Bolivia 2005 Emmaüs, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France 2004 Live for Vibro, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2012 White Night, Alliance Française, Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu 2012 Life Clock, Den Frie center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Shoes Or No Shoes?, sons, Kruishoutem, Belgium 2011 O'Clock, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy 2011 La Fabrique Sonore, Pommery, Reims, France 2011 Art Garden, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2011 16Bits Miracle, Centro Cultural Banco Bresil, Brasilia, Brazil 2011 Wrong, IMO projects, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 Dessins Exquis, JTM galerie, Paris, France 2011 Bumpit!-flat, Ososphère, Strasbourg, France 2011 Cyril Hatt & Bertrand Planes, Gal. Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France 2010 aysywtq; Art Copenhagen "State of the art", Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 bumpit!, DNS, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 2010 Prix Meurice pour l'art contemporain, Hotel Meurice, Paris, France 2010 fake off, Krenöbl, Berlin, Germany 2010 loading, pm galerie, Berlin, Germany 2010 Duel, JTM Gallery, Paris, France 2009 Siana, Nanchang, Chinabr> 2009 Bande Annonce, New galerie de France, Paris, France 2009 mar:3d, Bienal VentoSul, Instituto Paranaense de arte, Curitiba, Brazil 2009 à la limite, galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France 2009 Bump it!, Institut Français, St Petersbourg, Russia 2009 Bump it!, Nuit Blanche, mairie du 4e, Paris, France 2008 Troisieme planète, La Générale, Paris, France 2008 Festival Nemo, Paris, France 2007 untitled, galerie Roger Tator, TAC Eindhoven, Netherland 2007 J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites, Envoy, NYC, USA
