Gilles Bourlet

Crowded No Man’s Land

Crowded No Man’s Land
Crowded No Man’s Land
Crowded No Man’s Land
Crowded No Man’s Land
Crowded No Man’s Land

Fraction of space

First sensation on pushing open the gate: the power of space and of light.

Dense and fleeting perceptions, diffuse messages, exposed for a flash of time.

To create in resonance with the place. To explore. Exterior then interior.

Arranging one’s things in the house. Surveying the garden. Looked after by Mexican students.

Small pots made of paraffin cardboard for seedlings.

Hexagonal floor tiles.

An intriguing large building, outside staircase, inside staircase. A magnificent space, dust, attic, junk, cobwebs, beautiful light. It will be here.

Massive clear out, extensive teamwork cleaning, to make it one’s own.

Studying the gardeners, collecting notes and angles.

To create an opaque greenhouse that generates its own light airborne with seeds of phosphenes.

A skylight in the gable, aperture of a projection cabin.

To be suspended between the projector and the screen without film.

Ethereal sedimentation of images and sounds.

Gilles Bourlet

Previous Work

SB assemblage, 1988

SB assemblage, 1988

Dehors Dedans installation, 1989

Dehors Dedans installation, 1989

Im Lauf Der Zeit installation, 1998

Im Lauf Der Zeit installation, 1998

Gilles Bourlet Lives and works in Dartmouth, UK. Career Path Since 2008, permanent exhibition of his work in the gallery

Studio Dix Neuf

(studiodixneuf.com), founded with Lys Flowerday.
2008
Artist consultant, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts/University of East Anglia, Norwich Creative practitioner and workshops, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination, Cambridge
2007
Design and creation of unique trophies, Norwich International Animation Festival Artist consultant workshops, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, Norwich Creative practitioner and workshops, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination & Faculty of Education, Cambridge Art consultant, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts/University of East Anglia, Norwich Creative practitioner and workshops, Zap Art, Brighton Creative practitioner and workshops, Eastfeast, Aldeburgh
2006
Installation

Argus Pince-nez

, The Forum, Norwich, and unique trophies for Norwich International Animation Festival Creative practitioner and workshops, Shape, Built Environment Trust, Cambridge Stage set design and construction for

What The Butler Saw

by Joe Orton, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich Performance (musical saw) and readings with Adrian Turner (piano),

Erik Satie, a Gallic Excentric

, The King of Hearts, Norwich Solo exhibition, The Bell Jar, Norwich Performance (musical saw) with Andrew Smith (guitar), BBC Radio Norfolk Performance, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts/University of East Anglia, Norwich
2005
Design and creation of unique trophies, Norwich International Animation Festival Installation

Trique-Traque

with Lys Flowerday, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, in the context of The Fringe Festival Creative practitioner and residency, Creative Partnerships, Clacton-on-Sea Installation

The Buttermarket Little Orchestra

with Lys Flowerday, Targetfollow Group, Newark-on-Trent
2004
Artist residency, City College, Norwich Stage set design and construction for

The Lion in Winter

by James Goldman, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich Performance with Lys Flowerday and poet Rupert Mallin, The Big Draw, Norwich Stage set design and construction,

Jack and The Beanstalk

, Tiebreak Theatre, Norwich Performance (musical saw) and readings with Jonathan Lambert (clarinet),

Alphonse Allais / Erik Satie

, surrealist evening KBARRÉPOK, Norwich Exhibition of assemblages (and collages by Lys Flowerday), The Factory, in the context of The Fringe Festival, Norwich Art residency, practitioner and workshops,

The Smell of The Colour Red

, Creative Partnerships, Norwich
2003
Backdrop painting assistance to Lys Flowerday, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich Stage set design and construction,

Breaking the Silence

by Stephen Poliakoff, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich
2002
Solo exhibition of assemblage sculptures,

Ipséité

, Espace Matisse, Creil Solo exhibition and installation exhibition,

Station Centre P.O

, Collège Berthelot, Nogent-sur-Oise Fabrication and installation for Marie Christine Goussé, Laon Design and construction of bespoke travelling cases for Photography exhibition by artist Colette Portal, Paris Design of décor for archaeological exhibition, Faux et Usage de Faux, Crèvecoeur-le-Grand
2001
Design and construction of travelling photographic exhibition, Communauté de Communes du Pays de la Serre Presentation of students’ exhibition

Des Univers Personnels aux Univers Imaginaires

, Inspection Académique de l’Oise/La Faïencerie, Creil Concept design and coordination of travelling photographic exhibition, Association Diaphane/Conseil Régional de Picardie Coordination and construction, Faux et Usage de Faux, Crèvecoeur-le-Grand Creative practitioner and workshops, Plusieurs, Creil
2000
Artist residency, installation

Crowded No Man’s Land

, Château de Sacy, Sacy-le-Petit Coordination of travelling photography exhibition, Association Diaphane/Conseil Régional de Picardie Coordination & set construction, Centre Chorégraphique, Abbeville-Saint-Lucien Coordination & set construction, Faux et Usage de Faux, Crèvecoeur-le-Grand Creative concept and window installation, Pharmacie Gambetta, Beauvais Concept and installation for exhibition

Turbo Collèges

, Conseil Général de l’Oise, Beauvais
1999
Coordination of travelling photographic exhibition, Association Diaphane/Conseil Régional de Picardie Coordination/set construction, Centre Chorégraphique, Abbeville Saint Lucien Group exhibition, Festival du Rire, Montbéliard Coordination & set construction, Faux et Usage de Faux, Crèvecoeur-le-Grand Creative concept and window installation, Pharmacie Gambetta, Beauvais
1998
Group exhibition

Là où d’autres…

, Eglise Notre Dame, Montataire Presentation of students’ work

L’Ecole, l’Art, la Culture

, Inspection Académique de l’Oise/La Faïencerie, Creil Coordination of travelling photographic exhibition, Association Diaphane/Conseil Régional de Picardie Coordination & set construction, Centre Chorégraphique, Abbeville-Saint-Lucien
1997
Group exhibition

Ateliers d’Artistes

, La grange, Montreuil-sur-Brêche Coordination of travelling photographic exhibition, Association Diaphane/Conseil Régional de Picardie Coordination & set construction, Centre Chorégraphique, Abbeville-Saint-Lucien
1996
Coordination & set construction, Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne Coordination & set construction, Centre Chorégraphique, Abbeville-Saint-Lucien
1995
Coordination of exhibitions, festivals and cultural events, Ville de Beauvais
1994
Scenography assistance, construction and installation,

Le Parfum en Picardie

, Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne Coordination of exhibitions, festivals and cultural events, Ville de Beauvais
1993
Solo exhibition of assemblages sculptures, L’Atelier, Méru Coordination of exhibitions, festivals and cultural events, Ville de Beauvais Creative practitioner and workshops for Réactif, Beauvais
1992
Creative practitioner and workshops for Amseve, Beauvais Cultural events coordination, Ville de Beauvais
1991
Complimentary actor, Blue Dahlia, Paris Themed event coordination, assistant projectionist, Beauvais Cinéma
1990
Themed event coordination, assistant projectionist, Beauvais Cinéma
1989
Group exhibition

Bien Envoyer, Bien Recevoir

, Musée de La Poste, Paris Collective installation

Dehors-Dedans

, L’Usine, Reims Education Self-taught artist. Quantity surveyor: “It leads to everything provided you do something else”.