BIO

The focus of my artistic research is on how media/technology shapes our political understanding of the world we live in. This focus on the social impact of technology on our reality is a recurring theme in my work.

I'm a media artist and had practical and theoretical training in Visual Arts, Cultural Studies, Information Science, Performance and SoundDesign. In 2000 I started experimenting with video and sound editing at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK). The period ended with a residency at Cité des Arts, Paris. In 2008 I made the film Surface which was screened in competition at FIDMarseille. After that I made 7 more essay films (including about the world of finance/markets) with a focus on media criticism. The films were supported by VAF (Filmlab), labeled as hybrid film and/or Expanded Cinema and screened at various film festivals and in art institutions such as BOZAR, LE BAL and WIELS. As a studio artist, my work expanded from film editing and sound editing to 3D modeling, game engines and coding languages.

My creative practice revolves around designing landscapes that are more than just mere digital spaces - they are machines that are fueled by a combination of systematic planning and intuitive exploration. At the core of my work lies an unyielding curiosity about the human experience and our constant search for self-discovery. Rather than simply probing the depths of an individual's psyche, as was done in the past through psychoanalysis, my practice encourages us to turn our gaze outward towards the world around us, embracing the materiality of our past, present, and future.

 

Personal information

Fanny Zaman

tropeeditions(at)gmail(dot)com

http://trope-editions.blogspot.com

Higher Education / Research Projects

2022 - 2023: 7-month ARTeCHO Fellowship Programme: individual project: "Decentralizing Reality", SERN - Startup Europe Regions Network (Belgium) - Lead Partner, Baltan Laboratories (Netherlands), FZC-Etopia Center for Art & Technology (Spain), Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (Germany) and MEET Digital Cultural Center (Italy). Co-funded by the European Union.

2022: CODE 2022 is the second edition of CODE. Team project "ATLAS of ID", The project is organized by IMPAKT in collaboration with the Berlin School of Machines, Making & Make Believe (Berlin), Werktank (Leuven) and Privacy Salon/Privacytopia (Brussels).

2021: Residency ARS ELECTRONICA FUTURELAB, Linz, (AT)

2015-2017: SoundDesign, Royal Academy of Visual Arts, Antwerp (BE), 
2012: WIELS residency program, Brussels, (BE)
2009-2010: Advanced Performance Training, Brussels, (BE)
2006-2007: Information Science Antwerp, UA (BE)
2000-2002: HISK, (BE)
1999: Cultural Studies, Speciality Film Brussels, VUB, (BE)
1992-1996: Royal Academy of Visual Arts Antwerp, (BE)

Screenings

2018: "TRINITITE", FIDMarseille, (FR)

2018: "ALGORITHM", LE BAL, In the meantime (FR)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", FRONTDOC 2017, Aosta Experimental (IT)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo (BA)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", Visite at Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", GIFF, Guanajuato, (MX)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", WIELS, Brussels, (BE)

2017: "ALGORITHM", SPOUTNIK CINEMA, Zurich, (CH)

2017: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", International Film Festival Rotterdam, (NL)

2016: "ALGORITHM", International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris, (FR)

2016: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, (CH)

2016: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", FIAC, (FR)

2016: "CONSEIL D'ETAT", FIDMarseille (FR)

2016: "CHRISTUSVERLOSSER KATHEDRAAL", ANTWERP ART WEEKEND, Antwerp, (BE)

2016: "ALGORITHM", BOZAR CINEMA DAYS, Brussels, (BE)

2015: "ALGORITHM", FIDMarseille, (FR), JIHLAVA IDFF, (CZ)

2013: "LOCAL (DRAFT VERSION)", WIELS Brussels, (BE)

2012: "DplusOne", FIDMarseille (FR), Galeries Cinéma, Brussels, (BE)

2010: "Song Mountain area, THE CENTRE DIRECTION", FIDMarseille (FR), Netwerk Aalst, (BE), Galeries Cinéma, Brussels (BE)

2008: "Surface", FIDMarseille (FR)

Solo Show

2013: "INHABITING THE SURFACE" expo and book launch, WIELS, Brussels (BE)

2004 – 2005: "ORDNUNG BITTE! Laisser faire",  FreeSpace – Bozar, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels  (BE)

2003:  "Organised Landscape" in Het geheugen van het landschap F.L.A.C.C., Genk (BE)

2002:  "IN/OUT what is, for you, the difference between interior and exterior architecture?" HISK, Antwerp (BE)

Group Show

2022: "ATLAS OF ID", Code 2022: Reclaiming Digital Agency, Dutch Design Week,  (NL)

2022: "ATLAS OF ID", Code 2022: Reclaiming Digital Agency, UITFEEST/RONDJE SINGEL, (NL)

2022: "ATLAS OF ID", Code 2022: Reclaiming Digital Agency, Ars Electronica Festival, (AT)

2021: "THE FUTURE IS CODED", Differences, HISK alumni exhibition (BE)

2021: "THE FUTURE IS CODED", Ars Electronica Festival, Futurelab (AT)

2010:  "I act with the cup, the cup doesn’t act with me!” in Re-ject E-ject, (BE)

2009:  "Checkpoint Charlie" in the lab in Intransit performance festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlijn (DE)

2009:  "Pointing Game I" in PLANKTON::BIS, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, a.pt & VTI, Bains connective, Brussels (BE)

2003: "Surface et Profondeur" in OUT 2002, Laureates show, HISK, Sint-Jorispand, Antwerp  (BE)

Residency & Travel

2012: WIELS Brussels, (BE)

2010: PAF, Reims, (FR)

2009: PAF, Reims, (FR)

2009: In-Transit, Berlin, (DE)

2005: Cité des Arts Parijs, (FR)

2001: HISK Brooklyn, New York, (US)

Publications

2013: "Inhabiting the Surface", Fanny Zaman, trope-editions

2010: "Part 01 Song Mountain area, THE CENTRE DIRECTION", Fanny Zaman, Jean-Pierre Rehm, a.pass

from 2007: online "trope-editions"

2002: "Surfaces et Profondeurs", Fanny Zaman, Arnaud Claass in OUT 2002,HISK