Maldoror #6, 2014

Jean-Vincent Simonet

Foam is proud to present a special collaboration between visual artist Jean-Vincent Simonet and producer Trippin Jaguar at Het Stenen Hoofd.

<div>Both artists continuously question the definition of what truth is, through different dimensions. Simonet created a life-sized installation at Het Stenen Hoofd, and his psychedelic imagery is intensified by Trippin Jaguar&rsquo;s spiritual sounds for a unique audio-visual experience.&nbsp;The installation is on view at Het Stenen Hoofd from 19 October until 12 November. Hook up your headphones to Soundcloud and enjoy the ride: </div>
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<div>ABOUT JEAN-VINCENT SIMONET Jean-Vincent Simonet (1991, France) graduated with high honours from &Eacute;CAL in 2014 before starting his career of mixing editorial, fashion and experimental photography. His personal work was exhibited at Pla(t)form 2015 in Fotomuseum Winterthur and he also won a Swiss Design Award in Basel this year. Simonet was selected as a Foam Talent in 2015 and in the same year his exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/jean-vincent-simonet">Maldoror</a> was presented at Foam 3h, Foam's project space for emerging talent. He lives and works in Paris.&nbsp;</div>
 ABOUT TRIPPIN JAGUAR After being re-introduced rather serendipitously to hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms, Francesco Robustelli's&nbsp;alter ego Trippin Jaguar was born. Set on a course of spiritual growth and psychedelic and musical exploration, his music became the story of this journey. This brought him from Amsterdam to London, Tokyo and Berlin, and set his career on an entirely new path. Listen to Trippin Jaguar's tracks on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tripjag">Soundcloud</a>.
COLLABORATE! A YEAR OF VISUAL ENCOUNTERS To celebrate our 15th anniversary, Foam is organising a broad range of activities throughout 2017 united by the theme of collaboration, under the title Collaborate!. Foam X ADE Playground is part of this programme and goes beyond the limits of photography and fine arts, and help develop ties between different artistic disciplines, as well as venturing into scientific and technological fields.
The installation at Het Stenen Hoofd is made possible by City of Amsterdam, District West.
The Collaborate! programme is made possible with the support of Fonds21, the Mondriaan Fund, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and VSBfonds.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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19 October - 12 November
 LOCATION Het Stenen Hoofd, Amsterdam <a href="https://www.google.nl/maps/dir/''/het+stenen+hoofd/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x47c609cb439ffa67:0xadc0018f4bd831ce?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiXy6bH3MLWAhWMb1AKHd4QCekQ9RcInAEwDw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Directions</a>
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Jean-Vincent Simonet X Trippin Jaguar

When the young French photographer Jean-Vincent Simonet (Lyon, 1991) came across the book Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror), he felt hugely attracted to the dark, theatrical and transgressive character. The cutting-edge book praising youth revolt, blasphemy and the victory of dream over reality was published in 1869 by Comte de Lautr&eacute;amont. Jean-Vincent Simonet decided to revive the literary enigma by transforming the classic novel into a contemporary book and exhibition Maldoror.

Simonet&rsquo;s photos don&rsquo;t literally follow the text of The Songs of Maldoror but are related to the universe of Lautremont: romanticism, chaos, bestiality, science, intimacy and literacy.
The photographs of Simonet are based on the atmosphere it evokes. The eclectic style of the book inspired Simonet to use a diversity of photographic techniques and layouts. Simonet used iPhone pictures, 20 x 25 and large format. He works in both analogue and digital, in black-and-white and in colour. Many of the photographs are 35 mm. Simonet works with digital techniques, glitching and merging of photographs. He does not shrink from theatricality. His photos of gothic angels are provided with dramatic blue photoshopped skies full of stars. The glitching becomes visible in the thick shrubbery that is portrayed by the photographer in pictures of arid-looking overgrown landscapes without a central focus, in which dead branches merge into pink and blue shapes that look like hairs. The immersive, mysterious and overwhelming atmosphere that is created by these pictures will be tangible in the exhibition.
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ABOUT JEAN-VINCENT SIMONET Jean-Vincent Simonet (b. 1991, France) graduated with high honours from ECAL in 2014 before starting his career of mixing editorial, fashion and experimental photography. His personal work was exhibited at Pla(t)form 2015 in Fotomuseum Winterthur. He also won a Swiss Design Awards in Basel this year. He lives and works in Lausanne where he juggles between commissioned photography and personal explorations. Simonet was selected as one of the Foam Talents 2015.
This project is made possible by the Van Bijleveltstichting. 
Foam is sponsored by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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When Jean-Vincent Simonet came across the book 

 (The Songs of Maldoror), he felt hugely attracted to the dark, theatrical and transgressive character. The cutting-edge book praising youth revolt, blasphemy and the victory of dream over reality was published in 1869 by Comte de Lautréamont. Simonet decided to revive the literary enigma. His photographs are based on the atmosphere it evokes: gothic angels provided with dramatic blue photoshopped skies full of stars and dead branches merged into pink and blue shapes that look like hairs. The eclectic style inspired him to shift between analogue and digital, using digital techniques to glitch and merge photographs. This enables the mysterious atmosphere of the book to become tangible in the pictures. That the book was once banned because of its blasphemous character, comes as no surprise.

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The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have left an enormous number of people, families, and communities in urgent need of assistance. Given Foam’s longstanding collaboration with Turkish artists, institutions and communities through the ongoing Kısmet project, we are committed to supporting those affected by these devastating events. We therefore support the 'Pictures for Purpose' print sale fundraiser, featuring works by 39 artists with proceeds going to two volunteer organisations working locally: AHBAP and White Helmets. We spoke to artist Olgaç Bozalp (Foam Talent and part of Kısmet) about his contribution to the fundraiser. 

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Location lab one, on location ELA, Canada, 2015

Lightning Storm Flare

Mayflies by D. McLeod, on location ELA, Canada

Lake Vyrnwy, Wales D1, 2016 (dyptich)

Lake Vyrnwy, Wales D1, 2016 (dyptich)

Maldoror #6, 2014

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