Private Project

Manœuvres

Manœuvres is a video series inspired by the development of driverless cars and dash cam compilations. On one hand, several technical, economical, moral and ethical issues are raised by vehicles that maneuver without human intervention. On the other, dash cam videos display accidents or spectacular events that portray roads as places where the unexpected occurs. The works play with the tension that arises when confronting the programmed behaviors of mobile robotics with the unpredictable nature of the world.

  • François Quévillon
    Director
  • Centre d'exposition Expression
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Manœuvres
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 8, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ISEA 2019 - Lux Aeterna
    Gwangju
    Korea, Republic of
    June 28, 2019
    Asia Premiere
  • FILE 2019
    Sao Paulo
    Brazil
    June 25, 2019
    South American Premiere
  • European Conference on Computer Vision 2018 Art Exhibition
    Munich
    Germany
    September 8, 2018
    European Premiere
  • Manoeuvering the Uncontrollable. Solo Exhibition at Expression
    Saint-Hyacinthe
    Canada
    February 9, 2019
Director Biography - François Quévillon

François Quévillon is an artist from Montréal (Canada) that develops an interdisciplinary practice through installation, sound, images and technologies. His work has been presented at exhibitions and events dedicated to contemporary art, cinema and digital creation. Among them : Sundance’s New Frontier exhibition (Park City), Spaces Under Scrutiny at the Knockdown Center (New York), International Symposium on Electronic Art (Albuquerque, Dubaï and Gwangju), Museu da Imagem e do Som, Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica and Hipersônica (São Paulo), IndieBo (Bogotá), LOOP Barcelona, Plug-In at Contemporary Istanbul, Show Off Paris, Festival de la Imagen (Manizales), European Conference on Computer Vision (Munich), Mois Multi (Québec), NeurIPS, RIDM, Elektra and International Digital Art Biennal (Montréal).

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Director Statement

François Quévillon's work explores phenomena of the world and perception by the implementation of processes sensitive to their fluctuations and to the interference of contextual elements. He investigates how technology affects or redefines human cognition, culture, the environment, our relationships to space, to time and to one another.