Nicolas Clauss
Born in 1968, Clauss is a self-taught artist who stopped (provisionally) painting in 2000 to work on computer. He has a master’s degree in experimental and social psychology (1993) and a bachelor’s degree in arts and picture technologies (ATI, 2000). Beginning in 1989, Clauss has exhibited his paintings in solo shows (Galerie Arnoux in Paris, Centre Culturel Français in Seoul and Seoul International Art Fair in Korea, Crawford Gallery, Beatty Gallery and Sidney Art Theater in Australia for instance), and collectively.
Clauss is co-founder of the site “lecielestbleu” that he left to create his own space, flyingpuppet.com, in 2001. There he has conceived and realized over 50 on-line interactive pieces, often collaborating with musicians (Jean-Jacques Birgé mostly, but also François Baxas, Denis Colin, Patricia Dallio, Pascale Labbé, Thomas Le Saulnier, Jean Morières, Hervé Zénouda, Didier Petit). Clauss is co-founder of the site “lecielestbleu” that he left to create his own space, flyingpuppet.com, in 2001.
There he has conceived and realized over 50 on-line interactive pieces, often collaborating with musicians (Jean-Jacques Birgé mostly, but also François Baxas, Denis Colin, Patricia Dallio, Pascale Labbé, Thomas Le Saulnier, Jean Morières, Hervé Zénouda, Didier Petit). Clauss is co-founder of the site “lecielestbleu” that he left to create his own space, flyingpuppet.com, in 2001. There he has conceived and realized over 50 on-line interactive pieces, often collaborating with musicians (Jean-Jacques Birgé mostly, but also François Baxas, Denis Colin, Patricia Dallio, Pascale Labbé, Thomas Le Saulnier, Jean Morières, Hervé Zénouda, Didier Petit). Clauss is co-founder of the site “lecielestbleu” that he left to create his own space, flyingpuppet.com, in 2001.
There he has conceived and realized over 50 on-line interactive pieces, often collaborating with musicians (Jean-Jacques Birgé mostly, but also François Baxas, Denis Colin, Patricia Dallio, Pascale Labbé, Thomas Le Saulnier, Jean Morières, Hervé Zénouda, Didier Petit). Passionately fond of contemporary dance, he was nominated at the Möbius 2001 for the “Danse !” project (DadaMedia) and he created “Soaring Steps” for BBC-On-line, and “DeepSea” and “Temptation” for Diesel clothes.
During an artist residency at the ECM des Mureaux, following statements of immigrants, he realized the online project “Five elsewhere”; and, more recently, J’ai10ans (I am 10) with the ECM of les Ulis about multicultural issues with kids between 8 to 12. Clauss has worked on several projects with children and teenagers, as well as pedagogical interventions around his work and conferences-performances (Centre Pompidou, Numer, Cité du Livre, ECM, Le Cube…). In 2003 he returned to dance with the online choreographic project somnambules (somnambules.net) with Jean-Jacques Birge and Didier Silhol.
Recently he and Birge performed live in concert. Clauss received the Centre Pompidou Flash Festival 2002 Special Award (Show: Interactive Dance), the SCAM Award of the Best Internet Site 2001-2002 for LeCielEstBleu, a Net-Art Award at La Villette Numérique 2002, and the Special Jury Prize at the Seoul Film and Net Festival 2003 (SENEF) forsomnambules. His work has been shown in many art exhibitions, festivals and online events all over the world.
