Actual Fears

A graphic laboratory for the 7th art, the fantastic genre is a source of inspiration for many artists. Similarly, aesthetic developments in contemporary art are often reflected in both commercial and independent films. With Actual Fears, the CAN (Centre d’Art, Neuchâtel) and the NIFFF inaugurate a collaboration to explore the common ground between art and genre cinema. The competition also aims at stimulating the Swiss art scene by giving the award-winning artist the opportunity to exhibit their work at CAN during next year’s edition of the NIFFF.

THE NOMINEES ARE:

Adrien Missika, HMI, 2006, 1’33
Körner Union, Lausanne-Morges, 2006, 2’
collectif_fact, On Stage, 2007, 4’53
David Roux-Fouillet, Procession, 2007, 6’50
Janine Rudolf, Im Hallenbad, 2008, 59’’
Jérôme Leuba, Battlefield # 27 / unlimited, 2007, 8’21
Donatella Bernardi, Peccato mistico short, 2007, 10’
Christoph Draeger, Bunkerball, 2006, 8’
Katia Bassanini, The Counterfeiters, 2008, 4’09
Jen Morris, Cheese Louise, 2008, 5’

Projection preceded by a performance by Yan Duyvendak (You’re Dead!).

JURY:

Frédéric Fischer – Artist and member of CAN
Raffael Dörig – Art historian and curator
Geneviève Loup – Art historian antl professor at the ECAV

During the NIFFF, the CAN hosts an exhibition that gives shape to our fears and anxieties, When Fears Become Form.