Emmanuelle Antille

Emmanuelle Antille (Lausanne 1972) explores the interaction between different groups of people in their isolated living spaces and specific, often somewhat alienating rituals. The artist normally develops her thematical material through a number of works in various media. She mostly works with non-professional actors. While achieving this effect, Antille also creates highly original female roles which are remarkeably different from traditional ones, by the sheer fact that they are not defined by a typically male point of view.

Another recurrent feature is the dream-like nature of the films, which are often based on a mysterious circular narrative, interweaving reality and fiction. The works confront the viewer with a universe that oscillates between closeness and distance, affection and latent aggression, up to the point where one can speak of physical or spiritual intrusion. The viewer can never be sure whether he or she sees actual events or the memories and fantasies of the characters involved. Antille films situations that come from every-day social life: family gatherings, encounters and such.
The excessiveness with which all this is staged allows for a thorough analysis of the behaviour of both individuals and groups.

Short Biography

Emmanuelle Antille was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1972. After studies at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel, Geneva between 1991and 1996, she studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam in 1997 and 1998. She has exhibited extensivley throughout the world. Her career includes a.o. institutional solo shows at Kunsthaus Glarus (1999), the Renaissance Society in Chicago (2003) and the Swiss Pavillon at the Venice Biennial (2003).