Richard Piegza
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Richard Piegza is a Paris
-based performer, video, action and installation artist since 1977.
From 1978 to 1982, he created and directed Ambasada Lingua. In 1982, he moved to Paris
, and in 1988, he founded the Wizya Video Art Action, which organizes and documents artistic events and performances. Each thing makes a different sound and turns round like a sphere; each second a new thing turns. One short-lived action. Since 1979, he has been exploring the setting up of this aleatory score into time and space. In 1992 he funded the short-lived art nomad festival Flying Carpet. He's in touch with multimedia activities and polish performance and music festivals.
Since 1991, he has been working on the permanent recording, Remembered Images. He is the author of a movie, Action Art, made in 1997, and a film called Performer's Notebook.
In May 1998, together with Michel Giroud and Charles Dreyfus
, he organized a Video Conference, "DADA-FLUXUS". It was held in George Maciunas
's Office in the "Center for Art" in Vilnius
. Richard Piegza is also the artistic director of "Interactions" — Art Action Festival, that took place in Piotrków Trybunalski
— in Poland
(ca. 42 km from Łódź).
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
-based performer, video, action and installation artist since 1977.
From 1978 to 1982, he created and directed Ambasada Lingua. In 1982, he moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and in 1988, he founded the Wizya Video Art Action, which organizes and documents artistic events and performances. Each thing makes a different sound and turns round like a sphere; each second a new thing turns. One short-lived action. Since 1979, he has been exploring the setting up of this aleatory score into time and space. In 1992 he funded the short-lived art nomad festival Flying Carpet. He's in touch with multimedia activities and polish performance and music festivals.
Since 1991, he has been working on the permanent recording, Remembered Images. He is the author of a movie, Action Art, made in 1997, and a film called Performer's Notebook.
In May 1998, together with Michel Giroud and Charles Dreyfus
Charles Dreyfus
Charles Dreyfus was President of the Manchester Zionist Society, a member of Manchester City Council and a leading figure in the East Manchester Conservative Association during the time that Arthur Balfour was Member of Parliament for the constituency and Prime Minister...
, he organized a Video Conference, "DADA-FLUXUS". It was held in George Maciunas
George Maciunas
George Maciunas was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He was a founding member of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers...
's Office in the "Center for Art" in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
. Richard Piegza is also the artistic director of "Interactions" — Art Action Festival, that took place in Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski
Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...
— in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(ca. 42 km from Łódź).
External links
- http://www.wizya.net/piegza.htm
- http://interakcje.org