Neïl Beloufa

Art Explora represents culture in the French Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo. To mark the occasion, the foundation is taking over the Planet Arts area, with an installation featuring a presentation of the ARTEXPLORER museum ship project, as well as an interactive work by French artist Neïl Beloufa. 

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Neïl Beloufa

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Born in Paris (France) in 1985, Neïl Beloufa lives and works in Paris. Through his work, the Franco-Algerian artist and filmmaker questions society and its issues in a variety of media: film, sculpture and installation. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris; the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (USA); Cooper Union, New York and Fresnoy - Studio national des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing (France). Nominated for the Award Marcel Duchamp prize in 2015, his work has also been the subject of solo exhibitions in France and abroad, including at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2018), K11, Shanghai (2016), MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New-York (2016), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012 and 2018) and the Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2021.)

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The work

There is no I in island, 2021

Production : Bad Manner's

Artistic director: Neil Beloufa

French artist Neïl Beloufa and Bad Manner's have developed a novel technology for this interactive installation. The spectator is filmed, and his image is rebroadcast live in the middle of a volume world map on which the catamaran ArtExplorer sails. Through its movements, it interacts with the continents and oceans, which shift, deform and metamorphose, never returning to their original form. It's up to the spectator to try and respond to the laments of this planet, destructured by its arrival.

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