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La frontiére (Living space)

In the field, we accompany a biologist responsible for the implementation of renaturation solutions, the most coherent with the activities already present. A series of hedgerows planted to ensure bocage continuity is a typical means of providing food and shelter for small mammals involved in an ecosystem that includes cultivated fields and wild lands. Compromises are made to allow continued passage with farm machinery. The viewer discovers that it is possible to observe significant changes in biodiversity if one is attentive to the smallest phenomena, such as the return of butterflies that had disappeared. Through the testimonies of involved farmers, we learn that synergies between animals, plants and farms increasingly make it possible to do without chemical substitutes, those that have long accompanied the productivist approach on which agriculture is still largely dependent. From the scouting in the middle of winter, to the informal meetings between participants discussing in the middle of the heat wave, the film shows from the inside an experience of active awareness but not without its paradoxes. How to reconcile issues as remote as profitability and biodiversity.

  • Cyril Verrier
    Director
  • Sylvie Viollier, Jacques Falquet, Cyril Verrier
    Writer
  • les orties
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    65,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    hd
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Cyril Verrier

Cyril Verrier, artist, plasticien, live in Geneva, Switzerland

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first movie: La frontiere
....................espace de vie (Living space)

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solo exhibitions
2017 -Poussez pas, Halle Nord, Act-Art, Genève
2013 -Fonds Municipal Art Contemporains de la ville de Genève, FMAC, Genève
2006 -Exposition photographique, Salle Crosnier, Genève (cat.)
2004 -Et voila, Stargazer, bâtiment 71, Genève
2001 -Mon stand, Science et Cité, centre de l’image St Gervais, Genève
1998 -attitudes, Genève (cat. 1994-2004)
1997 -Art 3,Valence (F)

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group exhibitions
2014 - Taille humaine, espace Timtimol, off biennal de Dakar, Sénégal
- HA HA, Halle Nord (curateur: Carole Rigaut) Genève
- GARAGE PARADISE, La Tôlerie (curateur: Karine Vonna Zürcher) clermond, fr
2012 - MMXII, projection vidéo, Bale
- Supermarketartfair, la Milkshake Agency, Stockholm
2011 - Air view, projection vidéo, onoshimi, Japon
- Biennale des arts contemporains aux libellules, Genève
2006 - POINTS D’IMPACT, festival de performances, Piano Nobile, Genève (éd. DVD)
- Radio, surinternet.org Dasein édition, Paris (cat.)
2005 - Sprengmeister, Haus für kunst, (curateur:Peter Stohler) Altdorf
- Inchontro, Espace Culturel Suisse, palazio Trevisan, Venise
2004 - nuit de la science, projections vidéos Conception : Laurence Bonvin. Genève
2003 -Môtiers 03, Val-de-travers (cat.)
-MURSOLLAICI, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (cat.2003-2005)
2002 -Biotechnobody, BF15, Lyon (cat.)
-cache-cache camouflage, mu.dac, Lausanne (cat.)
-Présentation de vidéos au FRAC Alsace (curateur : attitudes), Sélestat
2001 -Analogue/dialogue, musée jurassien des arts, Moutier, kunstmuseum Solothurn (cat.)
-Bricolage, kunstraum Kreuzligen, (curateur : attitudes) Kreuzligen
2000 -Projection vidéo,Télé Bruxelles,New International Cultural Center, Bruxelle(cat.)
-Devoirs de vacances, galerie Mire, Genève
1999 -anderswo 2, Kaskadenkondensator, (curateur : attitudes), Bâle
1998 -circuit, association d'art contemporain, Lausanne
-alternative spaces, Kunsthaus, (curateur : attitudes) Zurich
1997 -Nouveaux instruments de mesures, BF15, (curateur : Hervé Laurent) Lyon
1996 -Supermarché La Placette, Fri-Art, Fribourg
-Talgo, Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble
-Cabines de bain, (curateur : attitudes) Fribourg (cat.)
1995 -Baz-art, Galerie Agnès B, (curateur : Frank Perrin) Paris
1993 -75ème anniversaire, (Atelier Defraoui), Kunsthalle, Berne

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Performances
2017 -Innommable, Halle Nord, Genève
2013 - un grand cra, FMAC, Genève
2009 - dure limite, Piano Nobile, Genève
2006 - photomaton, Salle Crosnier, Genève
2005 - 1’’10’, POINTS D’IMPACT, Piano Nobile, Genève
2002 - les urbaines et le mu.dac, (curateur : Chantal Prod’Hom) Lausanne
2000 - Cela va se passer en ville, Minutes, Genève

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2006 Prix 2006-2007 de la Fondation Gertrude Hirzel
2004 1er prix (concours) pour une intervention artistique à la maternité de Genève, (FCAC)
2001 Prix fédéral d’arts