Reel 01 · Format 35mm slides · 16mm · Super 8 · Digital · Base London
Pierre
Bouvier Patron
Film as a living, organic material: a meeting of materials and mediums, brought to life in the light of the projector.
00:00:01:00About
Analogue and digital, in conversation
Pierre Bouvier Patron is a French visual artist based in London, born in Lyon, where he studied cinema at Université Lumière Lyon 2. Working across digital video and analogue film, he explores the space between the two to make moving-image works, live performances and installations. His practice spans experimental film, expanded cinema, documentary and music video.
He has been part of Unpredictable Series in London since 2014, where he regularly presents work rooted in audiovisual experimentation and expanded cinema. He has performed and screened work internationally, solo and in collaboration with musicians including Laetitia Sadier, Syd Kemp, Charlotte Keeffe, Otto Willberg, David Zucchi, Tom Furse and Cheslav Singh, and with artist Blanca Regina.
His work has been presented in London, Lyon, Madrid, Berlin and Mexico, and at festivals including Light Sounds Festival, Sonic Waterloo, Art of Improvisers and Alterations Festival.
Alongside his practice, he is a Senior Technician and Conservator in Time-Based Media at Tate.
00:00:02:00Selected works
Selected works
herethere
A collaborative film by Blanca Regina and Pierre Bouvier Patron, screened at Café OTO as part of an evening of improvised music with Jaap Blonk, Beibei Wang, John Edwards, Jack Goldstein and Steve Beresford.
Abstract Encounters
An ongoing audiovisual performance series with Blanca Regina, combining live image, sound and projection. Performed live at Watermans, London, for Digital Redux #1 (2022), streamed alongside WRO Art Center, Wrocław.
Unpredictable Series
Live projection and film for Unpredictable Series, the improvised music and arts programme, alongside performers including Peter Cusack, Max Eastley, Terry Day and Steve Beresford.
In Dreams
Projected visuals for a performance with Laetitia Sadier, Marie Merlet (Iko Cherie) and Blanca Regina, first at Café OTO in May 2023 and again at IKLECTIK in June 2023.
W.I.P.
A 16mm film shown at Strange Umbrellas, the free improvisation and visual art platform he co-curated with Steve Beresford, Blanca Regina and Jack Goldstein. He also performed there with music and live 16mm projection.
Conversations with Improvisers
Camera and editing, with Blanca Regina, for Unpredictable: Conversations with Improvisers, a series of 12 films about improvising musicians in the UK.
Abstract Encounters · Blanca Regina & Pierre Bouvier Patron · Digital Redux #1, live at Watermans, London, 16 Sep 2022 · Watch on Vimeo
00:00:02:12Slide works
Slide works
00:00:02:18Process
A journey through light and colour
Slides
35mm reversal photographs and found footage, hand-worked and played live across several projectors at once.
16mm & Super 8
Found footage that is painted, scratched and processed with plants (phytography).
Objects
Prisms, mirrors, crystal balls, colour gels and optical toys placed in the beam to bend and split the light.
Digital
Digital filming and editing, and live editing as part of the performance.
Influences · abstract expressionism, Stan Brakhage’s experimental cinema, structural/materialist film, expanded cinema and the London Filmmakers’ Co-op.
00:00:02:20Films
Films & music videos
| 2020 | Aerospace Imaging Short film · premiered at an Unpredictable Series AV Night | IKLECTIK, London |
| 2020 | Jaw Bone · Ben Marc Music video · co-directed with Blanca Regina | Music video |
| 2020 | Dark Clouds · Ben Marc Music video · with Blanca Regina | Music video |
| 2019 | cadavre exquis Short film with Blanca Regina · Strange Umbrellas #24 | Café OTO, London |
| 2018 | Burlington Mews Short film · Strange Umbrellas #22 | Waterstones, London |
| 2018 | Spontaneous Music: Duets with Blanca Regina Short film · with Blanca Regina and Wade Matthews | Cruce, Madrid |
| — | herethere Film with Blanca Regina | Café OTO, London |
| — | W.I.P. 16mm film · Strange Umbrellas | London |
00:00:02:22Camera & editing
Camera & editing
| Mar 2020 | Steve Beresford in conversation with Robert Worby Filmed by Pierre · Café OTO residency, Unpredictable Series · Watch | Café OTO, London |
| 2019 | AV Night: Matt Black, Blanca Regina, Reuben Sutherland Filmed and edited by Pierre | London |
| 5 Jul 2019 | Blanca Regina & Peter Cusack Filmed by Pierre | Café OTO, London |
| 3 Nov 2016 | Blanca Regina and Steve Beresford, Muslab Recorded and edited by Pierre · Watch | Chelsea College of Arts |
| — | Unpredictable: Conversations with Improvisers Series of 12 films · camera and editing with Blanca Regina | UK |
00:00:03:00Screenings & performances
Screenings & performances
| 15 Nov 2026 | Mexican Experimental Confluences Upcoming · Unpredictable Series, feat. Piña para la Niña | Café OTO, London |
| 10 Jun 2023 | In Dreams Visuals for Laetitia Sadier, Marie Merlet & Blanca Regina · Unpredictable Series | IKLECTIK, London |
| May 2023 | Laetitia Sadier, Marie Merlet & Blanca Regina Visuals by Pierre · first performance of the quartet | Café OTO, London |
| 16 Sep 2022 | Digital Redux #1: Abstract Encounters With Blanca Regina · live stream shared with WRO Art Center, Wrocław · Watch | Watermans, London |
| 19 Sep 2021 | AV Night Digital projection by Pierre, 16mm by Karel Doing, music by Blanca Regina & Reuben Sutherland · with Phyte Club film loops | IKLECTIK, London |
| 18 Jul 2021 | Steve Beresford, Blanca Regina, Leafcutter John & Pierre Bouvier Patron Unpredictable Series | Café OTO, London |
| Feb 2020 | AV Night Premiere of Aerospace Imaging · Unpredictable Series | IKLECTIK, London |
| 18 Aug 2019 | Strange Umbrellas #24 Screening of cadavre exquis with Blanca Regina | Café OTO, London |
| Jul 2019 | Terry Day and Friends Live visuals with Blanca Regina | Café OTO, London |
| May 2019 | Unpredictable Series New film screened alongside Blanca Regina, Steve Beresford, Alessandro Vangi and Karel Doing | IKLECTIK, London |
| Oct 2018 | Strange Umbrellas #22 Screening of Burlington Mews | Waterstones, London |
| 11 Sep 2018 | Screening of Spontaneous Music: Duets with Blanca Regina | Cruce, Madrid |
| Sep 2018 | Live slide projection with Blanca Regina | Deptford Cinema, London |
| — | Jaap Blonk with Beibei Wang, John Edwards, Jack Goldstein & Steve Beresford Screening of herethere (with Blanca Regina) | Café OTO, London |
| — | Alterations Steve Beresford, Peter Cusack, Terry Day, David Toop | Café OTO, London |
| — | Unpredictable Series Blanca Regina / Peter Cusack, Max Eastley solo, Terry Day / Steve Beresford | Café OTO, London |
| — | A Journey through Light and Colour Artist talk: combining the analogue and the digital | Talk |
| — | FILMLAV #035: Insubordinaciones Screening, LAV | Madrid |
00:00:04:00Shown in
- London
- Lyon
- Madrid
- Berlin
- Mexico
00:00:04:12Festivals
- Light Sounds Festival
- Sonic Waterloo
- Art of Improvisers
- Alterations Festival
00:00:05:00Collaborators
Worked with
- Laetitia SadierMusician
- Syd KempMusician
- Charlotte KeeffeMusician
- Otto WillbergMusician
- David ZucchiMusician
- Tom FurseMusician
- Cheslav SinghMusician
- Blanca ReginaArtist · films and performances
- Karel DoingArtist, filmmaker
- Steve BeresfordMusician
- Leafcutter JohnMusician
- Marie MerletMusician · Iko Cherie
- Unpredictable SeriesLondon · member
- Strange UmbrellasLondon · co-curator
00:00:06:00Contact
Commissions, screenings, camera work
- Instagram@pierrebouvierpatron
- Studiostudiopierre.art
- Collectiveunpredictable.info
- Vimeovimeo.com/eyemyth
- Tumblrpierrebouvierpatron.tumblr.com
- Vimeo · with Blanca Reginavimeo.com/whiteemotion
- Based inLondon, UK
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