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ALAN BOGANA
SELECTED WORKS 2012-16
I’m a Swiss artist based in Geneva, Switzerland.
I work mainly with sculpture, digital art and holography,
and my pieces are usually presented in the form of installations.
For the past few years, I have focused on the interaction of light
with matter. I explore this field of study in a metaphorical and
phenomenological way through various means such as computer
simulations, manipulation of translucent materials and fragments
of holograms.
My practice revolves around the mediating role that technology
and scientific knowledge play in our perception and understanding
of reality. I consider these two worlds to be powerful tools for colonizing
and expanding our imagination.
My works are rooted in a culture of "popular science", but are nonetheless
developed through experimental and generative processes. I would
define my pieces as hybrids, falling halfway between the realistic and the
improbable, the organic and the artificial, the random and the structured,
and between speculative and applied research.
The works produced in the framework of the long-term project “Cave
Caustics” explore phenomena we are unlikely to observe in the real world
and are produced via computer-generated simulations commonly used
in the entertainment industry.
A recurring strategy in my work is to present the viewer with a “reduced”
form of reality. This is done, for example, by rendering the objects invisible
apart from their traces of condensed light or through the use of darkness,
in which artworks can be seen only partially and at defined moments.
This filtered version of reality allows us to deepen our perception of what
surrounds us and to question the way in which we view the physical world.
My most recent works explore the morphology and taxonomy of minerals
by means of holography and 3d morphing technics.
SINEDDOCA
— 2016
transmission holograms, aluminium,
steel, plexiglass, wood, glass fiber,
carbon fiber, optical components,
motors, lasers
This installation is composed
of four structures that evoke different
scales (such as skyscrapers,
an anthropomorphic figure,
a molecule). These structures have
been designed according to the
proportions of the golden ratio and
are built with a modular system,
which integrates fractured pipes
made of different materials. On each
structure are mounted Lichtenberg
figures or fragments of holograms,
whose original motif appears in full
on each fragment. The holograms
depict minerals, atoms and planets.
The installation is a sort of "invisible
city" by Italo Calvino dedicated
to the notion of the fragment and,
on a more ambiguous level,
to the question of ruins.
Overall views of the structures
Museo Cantonale — Lugano
SINEDDOCA
Overall views of the structures
Museo Cantonale — Lugano
THE RIDDLE OF THE
PUDELSPHINX
— 2015
Plate transmission hologram
30 x 40 cm, aluminium, acrylic glass,
frame 65 x 85 cm; edition of 2
This plate transmission hologram
shows a zoomorphic mineral
made of quartz, pyrite and calcite.
The hologram is installed at the
doorway between two exhibition
rooms, as a Sphinx that crosses
the visitors’ path.
Different lasers make the motif
visible according to predefined
cycles and create a narrative, which
deploys itself across different
exhibition rooms.
Mineral by courtesy
of Basri Brahimi.
Overall views of the work
Kunsthaus — Langenthal
Photos: Alan Bogana et Martina Flury Witschi
INDECISIUM BELT
— 2015
CG video, 1080p, 4m 10s loop,
LED moving head
Edition of 3 + 1 EA + 1 CE
This projection, which is composed
of a video projection and a LED light
source, evokes a view of an asteroid
belt. The video was created using
3d models of minerals that I scanned
at the Mineralogy Museum MINES
ParisTech in Paris.
The work depicts the intermediate
stages of the metamorphosis of one
mineral into another.
A moving LED light source creates
a sort of sun, interacts with two other
artworks and creates a narrative that
deploys itself across three exhibition
rooms.
Minerals by courtesy of the Museum
of Mineralogy MINES ParisTech.
Photos: Martina Flury Witschi
LA GOGOTTA DESNUDA
— 2015
Digital hologram, 29 x 45 cm
Illuminated by an LED moving head
This digital hologram shows
a mineral, which evokes a living
being. A moving light source makes
the motif progressively visible,
interacts with two other artworks
and creates, by these means,
a narrative that deploys itself across
three exhibition rooms.
Mineral by courtesy of the Museum
of Mineralogy MINES ParisTech.
Details of the work
THIOTIMOLINE
— 2015
Digital hologram, 60 x 85 cm
Illuminated by a LED moving head
Edition of 2
This digital hologram visualizes
the Thiotimoline molecule,
an imaginary chemical compound
invented by the science-fiction writer
Isaac Asimov. He published several
spoof scientific papers about this
compound, which due to a carbon
atom that projects a bond into
the future and one into the past,
reveals « endochronic » properties.
With the help of the chemist
Pascal Tripet, I realized a « rigorous »
tridimensional visualization of this
molecule and freely illustrated
the carbon atom that travels through
time.
A moving light source makes
the motif progressively visible and
interacts with two other artworks.
Overall views and detail of the work
CRYSTAL HOLO SWIRLER
— 2015
Fragments of a plate hologram, laser,
motor, aluminium, wood,
variable dimensions
Three fragments of a plate
hologram revolve around
on a carrousel and are illuminated
by a diffused laser light.
The revolving motif of a quartz
crystal appears and disappears
through the fragments according
to the spectator’s point of view.
Mineral by courtesy of Max Zubler.
THE THEIA HOLO DRAMA
— 2015
Fragments of plate transmission
holograms, laser, motor, aluminum,
wood, variable dimensions
Several fragments from different
plate holograms revolve around
on a carrousel, a laser passes through
them and diffracts a series of motifs
in the exhibition room.
This sort of holographic planetarium
is freely inspired by the pseudoscientific theory of Theia, which
supposedly was the planet that
collided with the Earth. This event
may have given birth to the Moon
and is presented here in the form
of a fragmented non-linear narrative.
Overall view and details of the work
THE BALL AND SLAPSTICK SERIES
— 2015
Fragments of a film hologram, laser,
electronics, aluminum, acrylic glass,
frame 60 x 60 cm each,
variable dimensions
Four fragments of a film hologram
are displayed as three distinct
installations. The hologram shows
a ball and a stick, evoking the « ball
and stick » representation system
of molecules in chemistry, meaning
an atom and its bond. The original
motif appears in full on each
fragment. The holograms are shown
by means of a sculptural display and
a moving laser light, which makes
each fragment visible according
to predefined cycles.
Detail of a fragment of the hologram
Details of the fragments of the hologram
Overall views of the installations
PIZZAZZ FANCY DISPLAY
— 2015
Fragments of film holograms, glass,
scotch tape, laser, motor, electronics,
aluminum, variable dimensions
(glass bell 28 x 28 x 60 cm)
A series of triangular fragments
of different film holograms cover
the inner surface of a glass bell,
evoking a classical display for all sorts
of specimens. Moving laser lights
reveal distorted minerals, which
become visible depending
on the timing of the lasers
and the spectator’s point of view.
Mineral by courtesy of Max Zubler.
Overall view and detail of the work
Photos: Martina Flury Witschi et Alan Bogana
CRYSTAL FIRE
— 2015
Triple synched video installation,
3 x 1080p, 1min loop,
variable dimensions
Edition de 3 + 1 EA + 1 CE
This installation is composed of three
video fluxes, which are projected
in a synchronized fashion over
a structure reminiscent of a fire pit.
The video shows a computer
simulation of light phenomena
generated by what a « crystal fire »
would look like, meaning flames
with a defined volume and with
the optical properties of quartz
crystal.
THE PHLOGISTRONIC CAIRN LAB
— 2015
Digital print on PVC
300 x 320 cm
This wallpaper shows a collection
of the most disparate laboratory
tools piled up in the shape
of a primitive cairn.
This computer graphics trompel’oeil was created using virtual
laboratory components freely
shared by their producers.
Overall view of the work
CASE 12
— TREPPEN WASSER METEORIT
— 2014
CG simulated images printed
on opalescent acrylic glass, light source
120 x 120 x 120cm
The refractive properties
of a 3d scanned meteorite
(a siderite fallen in Siberia,
Russia in 1947) have been simulated
over the surface of a flight of steps
using the index of refraction of water.
The results of this simulation
have been printed over a physical
reproduction of the same structure.
The work is part of the project
« Cave Caustic », as well as the first
of a series of works that explore
minerals and their « cultural aura ».
CAC — Geneva
EAT YOUR BROCCOLI BEFORE
IT EATS YOU, FOR AGES 5 TO 8
— 2015
Three inkjet prints on photo paper;
two prints 55 x 225 cm big, one 55 x 352 cm
This is a site specific installation made
in collaboration with Marta RinikerRadich.
Three computer generated trompe-l’oeil
images have been glued to the structural
columns of the building.
These images simulate the reflective
behaviour of these same columns, on
which the surrounding exhibition space
is mirrored and a fictional children’s
workshop is depicted.
Text accompanying the installation:
« With a hop and a skip Billy stumbled
into the room.
The other children were not yet there,
but the tangerines had already been
laid out on the table, one per child.
Billy looked them over carefully, examining
for bumps and bruises, discolorations,
any indication of dryness or sourness.
Feeling satisfied with his choice,
he sat himself down in front of the fattest,
most orange, most inviting tangerine. »
Overall views
Fri-Art – Fribourg
Photos: Aurélien Mole
EAT YOUR BROCCOLI BEFORE
IT EATS YOU, FOR AGES 5 TO 8
Overall views of the columns
Fri-Art — Fribourg
Photos: Aurélien Mole
NATURE COVER ISSUE 6433
RGB LAMP
— 2014
Duratrans print, RGB LED lightbulb,
light filter
63 x 29 x 29 cm
This lamp was created using
a reproduction of Nature magazine's
cover issue 6433 and uses an RGB Led
lightbulb as a light source.
Issue number 6433 focused
on the principle of interference
between waves and its applications,
a theme I have been exploring lately.
My idea for this piece was to engage
with this phenomenon exclusively
through its documentation.
CAC— Geneva, Switzerland
STIMMFARBEN
— 2014
Fourteen fragments of acrylic glass
stemming from four blocks,
10 x 10 x 1,9 cm each
of fourteen fragments stemming
from four 10 x 10 x 1,9 cm blocks
of acrylic glass, displayed
on a lightbox. The four initial blocks
underwent two treatments:
first, an electrical discharge
on four variations by means
of a linear accelerator,
then a shot with an assault rifle.
My interest for this series of works
developed over the last five years,
focus on how these two techniques
interact one with the other.
Detail and overall view of the installation
Centre d'Art Contemporain — Geneva
MY OWN PRIVATE
INTERFEROMETER
— 2014
Installation
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
This work crystallizes intuitions,
assumptions and misinterpretations
of early-stage research in the form
of a sculptural installation.
The research topic are the principles
and applications of the interference
of waves, which span different media,
disciplines, scales and dimensions,
encompassing holography,
remote sensing, fluid visualization,
spectrometry etc.
Choosing not to reproduce a physical
interferometer, I tried to explore
the phenomena by means of paper
folding techniques.
My aim was to create a poetic tool
for the imagination by freely blending
sources, functions and phenomena.
Details and overall view of the work
CASE 11
— FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
— 2014
Beamer, CG video 1080p, 5m 20s loop
By means of computer graphics
simulations the work explores
the shapes generated by a flag
with dynamic refractive properties.
Light phenomena of refraction
are observed in relationship
with the mechanical folding
of textiles. This transparent
drapery metamorphoses into
water, plastic, diamond and others
non-existent clear materials in a
continuous flow and is projected
into the exhibition space as a
ghostly light effect.
This « case study » is part
of the project « Cave Caustics ».
Triennale Valais 2014 — Fully, Switzerland
SELINUNTE
— 2014
Video 1080p, 30min loop
This video explores,
through narrow close-ups,
the aging surface of an explanatory
panel at the archeological site
of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy.
Video frames
TONY AND THE SHAPE JUNKIES II
— 2013
Exhibition
Hard Hat, Geneva
« Tony and the Shape Junkies II »
is the second exhibition
that focuses on the « generation
of shapes » through interactions
between light and matter by means
of experimental, generative
or vernacular processes.
Overall view of the exhibition
Photo : Raphaëlle Mueller
CASE 03 D - P1
— DIAMOND MOUNTAIN DRIFT
— 2013
CG video 1080p,
2m 40s loop
Edition of 5 + 1AP + 1EC
This work is freely inspired
by the discovery of an exoplanet
baptized « 55 Cancri e », which
is speculated to be partially
made of diamond.
This computer simulation
explores the refractive properties
of a mountain made of diamond.
Overall view and video frames
Photo: Raphaëlle Mueller
CASE 08 C
— DIAMOND LENS BENDING
— 2013
CG video 1080p,
12s loop
This work explores the phenomena
of refraction that a lens made
of diamond generates by folding
over itself in the space
of a 12 second loop.
This « case study » is part of the
long-term project « Cave Caustics ».
NEBENSTIMMEN
— 2013
Five fragments of acrylic glass
Variable dimensions
This installation is composed of five
fragments stemming from a block
of acrylic glass 20 x 20 x 5cm
large. The block underwent two
treatments: first, an electrical
discharge by means of a linear
accelerator, executed by Stoneridge
Engineering, then a shot with an
assault rifle by D. Coutau.
CASE 03 D - P2
— DIAMOND MOUNTAIN EMERGE
— 2013
CG video 1080p,
2m 40s loop
This work is freely inspired
by the discovery of an exoplanet
« 55 Cancri e », which is speculated
to be partially made of diamond.
This computer simulation explores
the refractive properties
of a mountain made of diamond.
SLIMOTHÈQUE
— 2013
Interactive installation;
homemade « Slime »,
acrylic glass display units
Variable dimensions
This installation invited visitors
to « consult » and play with
homemade slime samples.
The idea was to share ongoing
research and explorations on
amorphous translucent fluids.
Overall view and details of the installation
TONY AND THE SHAPE JUNKIES
— 2013
Exhibition
Espace Duplex, Geneva
« Tony and the Shape Junkies »
is part of a series of exhibitions that
focus on the « generation of shapes »
through interactions between light
and matter, as well as on the tension
between the role of the artist and
applied research.
CASE 04 — PRIMA MATERIA
(INDEX OF REFRACTION FLOW)
— 2013
CG video 1080p,
2m 40s loop
Edition of 5 + 1 AP + 1 EC
For a duration of 2m 40s
the refractive index of a fluctuating
fluid changes from 3 to 0.001.
Different morphologies arise and
alternate in a continuous flow.
The title relates to the mythologies
of changing matter such as « prima
materia », the ancestral fluid used
to produce the philosopher's stone.
Overall views
IL FOSFOIOLO
— 2013
Video 1080p
11m 43s loop
Edition of 5 + 1 AP + 1 EC
In the darkness two hands
continuously mix a phosphorescent
homemade dough.
Luminous areas, highlighted
by a hidden laser light, appear
and disappear, leaving only
glimpses of the full volume
of the dough perceptible.
Overall view of the work and video frames
URSGORBIO 4
— 2013
Soft PVC, Glue, Silicon
Variable dimensions
The work is made of pieces
of transparent flexible PVC glued
together. The air inside of it
has been sucked out by means
of a vacuum pump, resulting
in strains and tensions which stiffen
the structure. The initial form
stems from a study focusing on the
disproportions and imbalances
of a zoomorphic scribble.
HAUPTSTIMMEN
— 2012
Three blocks of acrylic glass
Variable dimensions
(each block 10 x 10 x 3,6cm)
of three blocks of acrylic glass,
which underwent two treatments.
The first, an electric discharge with
a linear accelerator, was executed
by Stoneridge Engineering.
The second, shot with an assault
rifle, by D. Coutau.
LIYH — Geneva
PERSISTENCE OF PERSISTENCE
— ORCHIDS, PRISMS AND LENSES
— 2012
Exhibition
Espace Kugler, Geneva
« For science-fiction
the representationally productive
questions set in at that point:
not whether we as readers are able
to imagine the new color,
but whether we can imagine
the new sense organ and the
new body that corresponds to it ».
— Frederic Jameson
Espace Kugler — Geneva
FANCY LIGHT CANNON
— 2012
NUV Laser, Motors,
Electronic Components
Variable dimensions and duration
A laser pointer, mounted on motors,
aims at and illuminates the other
pieces in the exhibition. The laser
creates different ephemeral motifs
in a cyclical fashion on a reactive
phosphorescent screen.
The result mimics radar interfaces.
Details of the pointing laser
CAUSTICUM
— 2012
Installation; CG Animation 720p, 3m 37s
Loop, Video Beamer, Dichroic filter,
Phosphorescent screen 480 x 269 cm
The exhibition space was virtually
recreated in CGI. Within the virtual
model the floor was substituted
with water and a light source was
installed beneath it. A simulation
of caustics (a phenomenon
of natural focusing of light)
is generated on the screen's area
where the video, resulting from
this simulation, is projected during
the show.
The video is projected through
a filter, which only allows the part
of the light spectrum that excites
phosphorence through, on
a phosphorescent screen. The video
projection blends itself with the
ephemeral light emanation of the
screen, the areas with the highest
concentration of simulated light also
emating the most.
ULFIRE
— 2012
Ten ready-made PMMA intraocular lenses
Variable dimensions
(each lens ca. 6 x 6mm)
Ten ready-made intraocular lenses
are displayed on a pedestal coated
with UV reflective paint and
are illuminated in a cyclical manner
by the « Fancy Light Cannon ».
PERSISTING SWIMMER AUTOMATON
— 2012
Silicon, Aluminium, Motors, Laquer
Electronic Components
Variable dimensions (base 100 x 120cm)
This automaton, which offers three
constrained « degrees of freedom »,
was exhibited as a sculpture as
well as a medium to develop
choreographies.
ALAN BOGANA
Born in 1979 in Faido (Switzerland)
Rue du Village Suisse 14 — 1205 Geneva (Switzerland)
[email protected]
www.alanbogana.com
+41 76 616 00 00
EDUCATION
2012-13 HEAD, Geneva and ZHDK, Zürich, Switzerland
CAS Program on artistic research methodologies
2004-09 Haute Ecole d’Art et Design, Geneva, Switzerland
HES HEA Diploma in Visual Arts with honours
2007 National College of Art and Design,
Dublin, Ireland, exchange program
2006 Sheffield Hallam University,
Sheffield, United Kingdom, exchange program
Voglio vedere le mie montagne
MAGA, Gallarate, Italy
FMAC, ArtGenève 2015 fair, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Evening, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2014 Lissignol Grant Show, CAC, Geneva, Switzerland
ISEA 2014, Dubai, UAE Megarave, Kunsthaus, Langenthal, Switzerland
Vues d'ici, Halle Nord, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards 2014, Basel, Switzerland
Triennale d'art – Valais 2014, Fully, Switzerland
Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
The chicken or the egg, Log in !
Papiersaal, Sihlcity, Zürich, Switzerland
2007 The chicken or the egg
Electric rendez vous, Plug-in, Basel, Switzerland
2006 Joy Division’s Ian Curtis Ultimate Fan’s Memorial
Tribute Art in the pub, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Bauer C61, Act06
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2015
The Hypothetical Cabinet of Phlogistronics Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
2015
The Hypothetical Cabinet of Phlogistronics Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
14th Biennial Arts and Technology Symposium 2014
Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
New London, Connecticut, USA
Mensch-Maschine-Karaoke (happening)
Espace Echallens 13, Lausanne, Switzerland
Verena, Espace Kugler, Geneva, Switzerland
Nero — Supplemento L'Aquila, Rome, Italy
Consider that and measure, measure and receive the carmine – One Gee in Fog, Geneva, Switzerland
Virtual Showroom, Bureau Culturel, Switzerland
2011
Môtiers 2011 — Art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland
Substance, HEAD stand
ArtGenève 2013 Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
2031, Head, Geneva
Tony and the Shape Junkies II
Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
2013
Tony and the Shape Junkies
Duplex, Geneva, Switzerland
Mensch-Maschine-Karaoke (happening)
@PTT, Geneva, Switzerland
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS AND DISTINCTIONS
2012
2012
A strangely luminous bubble
LiveInYourHead, Geneva, Switzerland
— Orchids, prisms and lenses
Different Strokes, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
2015
Atelierstipendium in Zug — Landis & Gyr
Zug, Switzerland
2011
Opuntiarium — No Present
Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Overgamed, Villa Dutoit, Geneva, Switzerland
2014
Grant for the arts — City of Geneva, Switzerland
2009
Morlockian mockups and Eloian prototypes
Ruine Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Sociologie, anthropologie, géographie, histoire, qu’il
est vaste le champs cognitif jusqu’à toi mon amour
Piano Nobile, Geneva, Switzerland
Grant Simon I. Patiño — City of Geneva
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2011
Alptraum, Blank Gallery Cape Town, South Africa
FMAC Public Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
The difference between here and here
Rotterdam VHS-Festival 17, Rotterdam, Holland
Sommerakademie Zentrum Paul Klee,
Bern, Switzerland
Môtiers 2011 — Art en plein air, Môtiers, Switzerland
2013-14 Resident member, Swiss Institute Rome,
Studio Roma grant, Rome, Italy
Persistence of persistence
Usine Kugler, Geneva, Switzerland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
The Afterlife of Minerals
Laser Talks, Zürich
Sommerakademie Paul Klee 2014, Bern, Switzerland
ISEA 2014, Dubai, UAE
Megarave Metarave,
Kunsthaus Langenthal, Switzerland
La linea della palma, Nero, Rome, Italy
2016-19 Studio Grant at the Maison des arts du Grütli
City of Geneva, Switzerland
Che c'é di nuovo, MASI, Lugano, Switzerland
2010
Art is out there, Galerie J, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Grant for the arts, Ticino Canton, Switzerland
Che c'é di nuovo ,
Dienstgebäude, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards 2010, Basel, Switzerland
IDHEAP Public Collection, Lausanne, Switzerland
2015
R R R, Espace Labo, Geneva, Switzerland
2009
The difference between here and here
Saison Vidéo #33, Lille, France
2011
Artist in Residence Pro Helvetia,
Cape Town, South Africa
Clouds in the Cave, Fri-Art, Freiburg, Switzerland
Greased Lightning !, CIC, Geneva, Switzerland
Cinem’Artistes
Ferme de la Chapelle, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland
2008
The difference between here and here, Purescreen,
Castlefield Gallery’s, Manchester, United Kingdom

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