PITTS Bradley
Dans le cadre du projet "Space Now"
conduit en partenariat entre Caza d'oro et Les Abattoirs / Frac Midi Pyrénées. Un projet qui s’appuie sur l’une des spécificités de la Région Midi-Pyrénées, à savoir les activités liées à l’espace et qui poursuit un double objectif : formuler une nouvelle culture (ou une nouvelle poétique) de l’espace en repositionnant la création artistique au centre des dispositifs d’invention et de décision.
Bradley Pitts décrit son travail comme une forme ontologique de recherche dans lequel le "vide", pour lui équivaut à la notion de "vrai", et sont en jeu. En subvertissant les valeurs positivistes des méthodes qu’il utilise, il replace la science et la technologie à un endroit où ils peuvent être utilisés comme outils de réflexion philosophique, comme une investigation de la réalité, une enquête.
Bradley Pitts né en 1978, a grandi à New York, puis il s’est installé à Boston où il a étudié au Massachusetts Institute of Technology, il y a obtenu deux diplômes en génie aérospatial en même temps qu’il y a étudié l’architecture et les arts visuels. En 2006, il part pour Amsterdam où il est accueilli en résidence comme artiste et chercheur en Art-Science au kunsten Rijksakademie van beeldende. Récemment, il a collaboré avec l’Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences (NL) et a suivi avec grand intérêt l’entraînement des cosmonautes au Gagarine Center (RU).
Ce projet s’inscrit donc bien dans un des axes du projet artistique et culturel des Résidences de Recherche et de Création de Caza d’oro qui est « art & science » et qui permet de mettre en parallèle le travail des artistes accueillis et les contextes des découvertes et de la recherche scientifique vivante.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2003
Masters of Science, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US.
2000
Bachelors of Science, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US. Minor, Department of Architecture and Visual Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US.
RESIDENCIES
2010
Caza d’Oro, Le Mas d’Azil, FR.
2009
M4 Gastatelier, Amsterdam, NL.
Kanaal10, Amsterdam, NL.
2008
Resident researcher in Art/Science, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, NL.
2006 & 2007
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, NL.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
‘Sites d’Observation’, Caza d’Oro, Le Mas d’Azil, FR;
‘Observatoire’, Siex Cultural Center, Siex, FR;
2009
‘EIO - Eye meets I‘, 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW), Amsterdam, NL;
2008
‘Documents’, PRC, Bodegraven, NL;
2007
‘The Ten-Pound Seed’, Annet Gelink Gallery, The Bakery, Amsterdam, NL;
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
'The Profane Myth', The Literary & Philosophical Society and The Mining Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
‘False Focus’, NEST, Den Haag, NL.
2010
‘Lost and Found’, The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT.
2009
‘Voids, a Retrospective’, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH.
‘Art Outsiders’, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR.
‘The Conspiracy’, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH.
‘Space, Time, Signatures’, Netherlands Institute for Media Art, Amsterdam, NL.
Art Basel with Annet Gelink Gallery, Basel, CH.
Liste The Young Art Fair with Kunsthalle Bern, Basel, CH.
‘Videotheque’, Annet Gelink Gallery, The Bakery, Amsterdam, NL.
2008
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL.
The Frieze Fair with the Annet Gelink Gallery, London, UK.
The Armory Show with the Annet Gelink Gallery, New York, NY, US.
2007
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL.
2006
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL.
‘The Ascension of the Everyday’, Mushroomarts, New York (NY), US.
'Rijksakademie at Parts', Parts, Xiamen City, CN.
2005
‘Lovely Daze no. 1’, Printed Matter, New York (NY), US.
'Space Artists: The Cultural Frontiers of Space Travel', SETI Institute (CA), US.
2004
'Melilla Symposium on Art/Science/Spirituality Reconnections', Melilla, ES.
'The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere’, Massachusetts MoCA, North Adams (MA), US.
2003
Talente 2003, München, DE.
PERFORMANCES
2009
‘EIO - Eye meets I‘, 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW), Amsterdam, NL.
2007
'Blind Spots #4’, Lost and Found ‘Unbelievable Night,’ Amsterdam, NL.
2002
'Presence', Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (MA), US.
'Bikewriters', Yale University, New Haven (CT), US. '
Bikewriters', World Economic Forum Protest, New York (NY), US.
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
2011
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL.
2010
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL.
2009
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL. Materiaalfonds, Amsterdam, NL.
2008
Royal Academy of Art and Science (KNAW), Amsterdam, NL.
The Young Academy (DJA), Amsterdam, NL.
Fokker Technologies, Hoogerheide, NL.
Flight Display Systems, Alpharetta (GA), US.
2007
PRC, NL.
2006
Jhr. G.E. Loudon, NL.
2004
MIT Council for the Arts, Cambridge (MA), US.
2001
Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, Cambridge (MA), US.
LECTURES/TEACHING
2011
Visiting Artist, Glass Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.
2010
Visiting Artist, Glass Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.
Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US.
Visiting Artist, Glass Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
2008
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL.
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.
2007
Artist Talk #1: Artistic Approach, Wittenplaats, Amsterdam, NL.
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, De Jonge Akademie, Amsterdam, NL.
Orbital Obsessions #4, Worm, Rotterdam, NL.
2006
‘Against Space Utilization,’ & ‘Artistic Exploration as Market Fuel’, International Space Development Conference, Los Angeles (CA), US.
The Machine Project, Los Angeles (CA), US.
2004
Colloquium on Art/Science/Spirituality Reconnections, Melilla, ES.
Royal College of Art, London, GB.
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL.
2002
'Space Garb', Sky Art Conference, Athens, GR.
'Quantifying Astronaut Tasks: Robotic Technology and Future Space Suit Design' (with publication), 2nd Biennial Space Human Factors
Workshop, Houston (TX), US.
Yale University, New Haven (CT), US.
'Astronaut Performance: Implications for Future Spacesuit Design' (with publication), 53rd International Astronautical Congress, Houston (TX), US.
ARTICLES/REVIEWS
2010
‘Bradley Pitts, entre terre et ciel au Mas d'Azil’, Ariege News Online.
2009
‘Cyclops Mirror’, Science Magazine, vol. 326.
‘You don't have to understand everything we do to profit from it.’ Kunsthalle Bern.
‘Voids: A Retrospective’, Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Bern Catalog.
2008
‘RijksakademieOPEN 2008: Bradley Pitts’, Tubelight.nl.
‘The long road to art’, Dynamisch Nieuws, PRC. September.
‘Nude Artist Floats Free in Zero-G’, Wired Science Blog.
‘Je eigen onafwendbare oog’, Akademie Niews Juli 2008 KNAW.
2006
‘Brug Tussen Praktijk en Circuit,’ ART Magazine #14.
‘Spacesuit Art,’ Info Gargoyle (igargoyle.com).
2005
‘Space Garb,’ Sky Art Conference 2002 Catalog, MIT.
‘O Fato Espacial Klein: Arte popular para a era especial,’ Nada no. 6.
Untitled, Lovely Daze no. 1.
'Spacesuit: Space Craft', Leonardo Electronic Almanac, special edition concerning the Melilla Colloquium.
2004
'Humane Exploration of Space', Thresholds, nr.27, MIT Department of Architecture.
APPOINTMENTS
2011
Technical/Strategic/Creative Consultant, Droga5, New York (NY), US.
2007
Technical Consultant for 2008 Olympic costumes, Eiko Ishioka, New York (NY), US.
2005
Technical Consultant for 2008 Olympics proposals, Cai Guo Qiang Studio, New York (NY), US.
Research Affiliate and Consultant, MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge (MA), US.
2004
Research engineer for advanced spacesuit design, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Man-Vehicle Lab, Cambridge (MA), US.
2001
Intern, Habitability Design Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston (TX), US. Designed habitation modules and associated hardware.
2000
Propulsion Engineer, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge (MA), US. Designed and built micro satellite propulsion system for S.P.H.E.R.E.S. Tested satellites in weightlessness aboard NASA'S parabolic-flight aircraft, the KC-135.
