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ObjectNeïl Beloufa
(Film 2 of 4) Crafting a complex new vision of artistic practice in the twenty-first century, artist Neïl Beloufa experiments with gaming, digital selfhood, and collaboration to propose new ways of being and making. Working across disciplines from traditional painting, sculpture, and film to the creation of apps and corporations, Beloufa explores and reimagines our relationship to algorithms, artificial intelligence, social media, search engines, and more to offer new ways of understanding our present day. “We cannot complain about something if we did not try to propose another way,” the artist says. This suite of four documentary shorts follows Beloufa as he reflects on his practice, creates new works in the studio, and capitalizes on his role as an artist to offer alternative ways of making and living.
Credits
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski. Series Producer: Ian Forster. Director of Development: Lolita Fierro. Associate Director of Communications: Hannah DeGarmo. Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis. Curatorial Assistant: Noor Tamari.
Production Company: Rava Films. Producers: Ava Wiland & Rafael Salazar Moreno. Managing Producer: Danielle Davis.
Director/Producer: Jonna McKone. Field Producer: Veronique Bernard. Cinematography: Herve Glabeck. Sound: Noël Morrow. Editor: Russell Yaffe. Colorist: Russell Yaffe. Sound Mix: Russell Yaffe. Assistant Editor: Sam Klein. Music: Spacelute. Composers: Troy Herion & J.R. Narrows. Title Design: Alina Rancier
Artwork Courtesy: Neïl Beloufa, François Ghebaly, Mennour, and Mendes Wood DM. Archival Footage: Neïl Beloufa, Archives Mennour
Special Thanks: Ebb Global, Mennour Gallery, Marilou Thiebault.
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Neïl Beloufa was born in 1985 in Paris, France, where he currently lives and works. He studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, California Institute of the Arts, Cooper Union, and Le Fresnoy National Contemporary Arts Studio. Beloufa’s practice playfully interrogates and deconstructs geopolitical, economic, representational, and technological systems that organize contemporary life. Across a variety of media, including video, sculpture, artificial intelligence, and installation, the artist investigates how contemporary global power structures operate, using his role as an artist to offer alternative models of production, collaboration, and governance.
“We cannot complain about something if we don’t try to propose another way.”
Neïl Beloufa