Paul Granjon

e: pgranjon@cardiffmet.ac.uk
t: 02920416623
w: www.zprod.org

Qualifications

DNSEP Fine-Art (French BA Fine-Art equivalent)

Biography

Paul Granjon has worked for CSAD since 1995. He is a recognised media art and performance artist working with self-made machines. He represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2005.

Current research

Co-evolution of humans and machines, robots in performance, home manufacturing.

Principal Publications and/or Exhibitions

Click here to view Paul’s papers and publications on Cardiff Metropolitan University’s DSpace repository.

Solo shows

2011
Oriel Factory, Oriel Davies, Newtown, UK

2008
Hand-Made Machines, G39, Cardiff, UK

2006
Sexed Robots, Lighthouse, Brighton, UK
Positive activities, Le Lieu, Québec City, Canada

2005
Grrr, Galerie Justine Lacroix, Marseille, France
Furman and Sexed Robots, Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2004
Quelques créatures, residence in Galerie Séquence, Chicoutimi, Canada

Selected group shows and festivals screenings (S), exhibitions (E) and performances (P)

2011
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK (P)
London Word Festival, London, UK (P)
UM Festival, Dublin, Ireland (P)
MUDAM, Luxembourg (E)
Nouveaux Monstres, National Theatre Toulouse, F (E)

2010
Performing the Real Festival, Brut Theatre, Vienna, Austria (P)
(Techno)Sexual, Videotage Gallery, Hong Kong, China (E)
Zoontotechnique conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK (P)
Maker Faire Africa, Nairobi, Kenya (P + E)
DA Festival Sofia, Bulgaria (P)
Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff UK (P)
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia (P)
Performance Space, Sydney, Australia (P)

2009
Ich Maschine, Edith Russ Haus für Medien Kunst, Oldenburg, Germany (P + E)
The Basement, Brighton, UK (P)
Supertoys, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (P)
New Territories Festival, Glasgow, UK (P)
Winzavod Arts Centre, Moscow, Russia (E)
Ubersong, Bristol, UK (S)
Via Festival, Créteil, France (E)
Exit festival, Maubeuge, France (E)
Locws International, Swansea (P + E)
DePlayer, Rotterdam, NL, (P)
Sacred Festival, Chelsea Theatre, London (P)
Lab30 Festival, Augsburg, Germany (P)
Amber Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (P + E)
Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, UK (P)

2008
Jump, Nam June Paik Art Centre, Youngin, Korea (E)
OK Night, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz Austria (P)
Eclology of the Techno Mind, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz Austria (E)
Experimentica Festival, Cardiff, UK (P)
G39, Cardiff, UK (E)
Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, UK, (S)
Panoplie.org, France (P)
La Dégelée Rabelais, Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignons, France (E)
La Dégelée Rabelais, Musée Pierre André Benoit, Alès, France (S)
Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK (P)
Butterfly Cafe, Osaka, Japan (P)
Barbican Arts Centre, London, UK (P)

2007
Gedankensprünge, Gessnerallee, Zürich, Switzerland (P)
Cardiff Art in Time festival, Cardiff, UK (P)
Tomorrow Now, MUDAM, Luxemburg (E)
Enter Unknown Territories festival, Cambridge, UK (P)
Bandits-Mages festival, Bourges, France (P)
Walking the Line, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, UK (E)
Bad joke, Tallin, Estonia (E)
Re-Actor2, Leeds, UK(P)
Infr’actions festival, Sète, France (P)
Poésie Marseille, Marseille, France (P)
Roboexotica Festival, Vienna, Austria (P)
Frankenstein’s Monster, Stockholm, Sweden (E)
The Mask of the Red Death, BAC, London, UK (E)

2006
Unfriendly Takeover, Frankfurt, Germany (P)
Reconfiguration, Blip, Brighton, UK (P)
Homo Futuris, Vooruit, Gent, Belgium (P, E)
Make Fair, Brussels, Belgium (E)
Gameplay, Q-Arts, Derby, UK (E)
Creative Cyborgs, Dana Centre, London, UK (P)
Vivid, Birmingham, UK (P)
Battersea Arts Center, London, UK (P)
Sophiensaele, Berlin, Germany (P)
Somewhere Else, Something Else, Oriel Davies, Newtown, UK (E)
In Between Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (P)

2005
Somewhere Else, Artists from Wales, Welsh Pavilion 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (E)
May You Live in Interesting Times, Cardiff, UK, (P)
BigBlip05, Brighton, UK (E)
Amino Performance-Lecture programme, Baltic Arts Centre, Gateshead, UK (P)
Kontejner Projekt Touch Me, Galeria Nova, Zagreb, Croatia (P)
International Exhibitionist, Curzon Cinema, London, UK (S)

2004
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK (P)
Rencontres Internationales de performance, Québec, Canada (P)
University of Québec in Chicoutimi, Canada (P)
Open Borders, Droog design, Tri Postal, Lille, France (E)
Musée de l’objet, Blois, France (P)
Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany (P)
Machinista Festival, Glasgow, UK (P)
Bad behaviour, touring exhibition from the Arts Council of England, UK (E)

Publications

2008
Performing with Machines and Machines that Perform, in International Journal for Performance and Digital Media, Intellect, UK
Hand-Made Machines, monograph, G39, UK

2006
A Personal Story of Art and Technology, in Hothaus Papers, Perspectives and Paradigms in Media Arts, Vivid/Article Press, UK

Awards

2010
Production grant from Arts Council Wales
Commission from Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown Australia

2009
Travel grant from Wales Arts International
Grant from Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

2007
Commission from Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
Commission from Discovery World, Milwaukee, USA

2006
Travel grant from Wales Arts International

2004-2007
Nesta fellowship (National Endowmwent for Science Technology and the Arts)

Modules Taught

ADF 219: Sculpture Independent Studies 1

ADF 219: Sculpture Independent Studies 2

ADF 219: Sculpture Approaches to Studio Practice 1

ADF 219: Sculpture Approaches to Studio Practice 2

ADF310: Sculpture Independent Study (Research and Development)

ADF 311: Sculpture Advanced Studio Practice

ADF 312: Sculpture Advanced Studio Practice and Exhibition

Supervision of Doctoral Research (titles or broad areas of investigation)

Electronic and robotic art