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MELIK OHANIAN
ESBAMA • MONTPELLIER
17 NOV → 09 DEC 2011

FOLLOW EXHIBITION yesterday today tomorrow
• now → display:none exhibition is closed • this website is the active memory of the project • it was happening during 23 days in the gallery of the art school of Montpellier • Seven students were participating everyday in the exhibition • the space of exhibiton where we were working everyday was open to public from 4pm to 7pm • this website was updated everyday with students
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/EXPOSITION ET EXPERIENCE DE MELIK OHANIAN A L'ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTPELLIER/

17 Novembre au 09 Décembre 2011

Dans le langage HTML {display:none;} est un terme employé comme caractéristique de mise en forme CSS d'une balise qui en décide l'affichage. {display:none;} veut donc dire que l'élément n'est pas affiché. Métaphoriquement, ce titre évoque que le travail de l'artiste n'aura pas de forme définie dans l'espace d'exposition.

Melik Ohanian a été étudiant à l'Ecole des beaux-arts de Montpellier entre 1988 et 1990 puis à Lyon de 1990 à 1993. Depuis, il a parcouru le monde pour réaliser son travail ou pour l'exposer. Répondant à l'invitation de Yann Mazéas (responsable des expositions à l'Ecole de Montpellier), Melik Ohanian décide d'investir l'espace d'exposition de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montpellier en le transformant en son atelier temporaire. En utilisant de nouveau l'école des Beaux Arts comme un outil, il transforme l'espace d'exposition en un espace de production, de réflexion et de vie.

L'espace d'exposition sera ouvert quotidiennement aux étudiants et au public pendant 23 jours. L'artiste sera présent en permanence dans cet espace où il montrera ses différentes réalisations sous des formes crées pour l'occasion.

Durant la journée, il invite les étudiants et le public à parcourir avec lui l’ensemble de ses archives (films, photos, bandes sonores, textes) sur presque 20 années de travail, afin de les réorganiser lors d’un travail collectif. Cette expérience de réagencement et de réinterprétation des documents qui témoignent d’un parcours artistique donnera lieu à une publication singulière reflétant le travail de l’artiste.

Durant ces 23 journées de travail dans l’espace d’exposition, plusieurs intervenants extérieurs seront invités pour observer et commenter l’expérience et le travail de l’artiste. Par cette proposition, Melik Ohanian déjoue la notion littérale d'exposition. Dans son propos, faire oeuvre ne se limite pas à la présence formelle dans un espace déclaré zone d'exposition, mais plutôt dans l'approche et le parcours du monde, et de l'interaction d'une pensée artistique face au réel.

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/EXHIBITION AND EXPERIENCE BY MELIK OHANIAN AT L'ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTPELLIER/

November 17th to December 09th 2011

In html coding, {display:none;} is a term of the CSS layout which defines the read out of a tag. Inserting the term {display:none;} means that an element is not posted up or shown. Metaphorically, this title implies that the work of the artist will not have any defined form in the exhibition space.

Melik Ohanian studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier between 1988 and 1990 and in Lyon from 1990 to 1993. Since then he has been working and exhibiting all over the world. For the exhibition at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier where Yann Mazéas (head currator) invited him, Melik Ohanian has chosen to occupy the exhibition space as his temporary workshop. As in the past, he uses the school as a tool, turning the exhibition space into a place of production and reflection.

The space will be open to the public for 23 days. The artist will occupy the space permanently. In this time Melik Ohanian will present multiple works in ways that are specific to this exhibition.

During the day, he invites the students and the public to go through his archive of films, photos, soundtracks, and writtings of the past 20 years in order to re-organize them in a collaborative way. This experience of re-displaying and re-interpreting the documents that testify Melik Ohanian’s art practice will result in a publication that shows a retrospective of his work.

During these 23 days, invited lecturers will host discussions and comment on the artist’s practice to date. Given that, Melik Ohanian eludes to the litteral concept of an exhibition. To him, (making) art is not only bounded to its formal presence in the exhibition space but also in the approach and the journey of/around the world, and the interplay between an artistic thought and the real.

Melik Ohanian, Futuring [Planet], 2011
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel
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Chaque journée de l’exposition est organisée autour de trois temps distincts:

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→ ouvert aux étudiants

Temps durant lequel les archives de l’artiste sont parcourues et travaillées avec les étudiants dans la perspective d’une publication.

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→ ouvert aux étudiants et au public

Temps durant lequel le travail de l’artiste n’est pas montré mais simplement raconté et commenté.

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→ ouvert aux étudiants et au public

Temps durant lequel le travail de l’artiste est montré de manière simple et singulière, sans dispositif d’exposition particulier.


Durant l'exposition Melik Ohanian invite des intervenants extérieurs à venir se joindre à l'expérience. Voir le détail des interventions et des évènements dans la rubrique AGENDA
INFORMATIONS:
Dans le langage HTML, les balises CSS suivantes signifient : (source:W3school)

{text-align:left;}: The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text. Text can be centered, or aligned to the left or right, or justifie

{display:none;} : The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed. display:none hides an element, and it will not take up any space. The element will be hidden, and the page will be displayed as the element is not there.

{visibility:hidden;} : The visibility property specifies if an element should be visible or hidden. visibility:hidden hides an element, but it will still take up the same space as before. The element will be hidden, but still affect the layout.


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Each day is organized in three parts:

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→ open to the students

In this time Melik Ohanian and the students work on his archives in order to elaborate a publication that shows a retrospective of his work.

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→ open to the public

In this time Melik Ohanian presents and talks about his work without showing it.

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→ open to the public

In this time the artist’s work is shown in a simple way, without any specific display.


During the exhibition Melik Ohanian invits a few lecturers to host discussions on his work. For any further informations please refer to the AGENDA
INFORMATIONS:
In html coding, this following CSS tags mean: (source:W3school)

{text-align:left;}: The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text. Text can be centered, or aligned to the left or right, or justifie

{display:none;} : The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed. display:none hides an element, and it will not take up any space. The element will be hidden, and the page will be displayed as the element is not there.

{visibility:hidden;} : The visibility property specifies if an element should be visible or hidden. visibility:hidden hides an element, but it will still take up the same space as before. The element will be hidden, but still affect the layout.



• this website is the active memory of the display:none project • now → display:none exhibition is closed • Seven students were participating everyday in the exhibition • it was happening during 23 days in the gallery of the art school of Montpellier • this website was updated everyday with students and is now still active • the space of exhibiton where we were working everyday was open to public from 4pm to 7pm