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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuThe first guest of the year 2025 in the lecture series Umræduþrhædir is Yann Toma (b. 1969). He is a French artist living in Paris and New York and is an artist-observer at the United Nations (New York). Umræduþrhædir is a collaborative project of the Iceland Academy of the Arts – Department of Fine Arts, the Reykjavík Art Museum and the Visual Arts Centre.
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Yann Toma (b. 1969) is a French artist based in Paris and New York. He is an artist-observer at the United Nations (New York). His work focuses on energy and networks, as well as ethics. In his projects, he experiments with the redistribution of Artistic Energy (LO) between the artist and society. He situates his work and thought on the border between artistic and civic expression and contextualizes them in the context of current political and media events. As an artist and CEO of the Ouest-Lumière electricity company since 1991, he has developed the concept of Artistic Energy (LO). Since 1991, he has reinvested in keeping alive the memory of the former Ouest-Lumière electricity company by creating a symbolic network dedicated to the production and distribution of artistic energy. Yann Toma is active in issues related to climate change and energy, by participating in processes that reveal. He takes a stand with the body by establishing a relationship between the hidden and the open. a perception that the public can adopt but also loses sight of due to conditioning, by not perceiving the mass of natural inflow that ensures our connection with nature. It is also co-founder of the Maximalism movement.
Yann Toma's works, held in museums such as the Centre Pompidou and Neuflize's bank, raise questions about ideas about energy, the impact of art on society, and the importance of ethics. His works are based on collaborative production processes where the public plays a significant role in creating the artwork and redistributing energy between artist and viewer. Yann Toma's experimental projects that focus on the redistribution of Artistic Energy between artist and society include Dynamo-Fukushima (Grand Palais, 2011), Human Energy (Eiffel Tower, December 2015), Human Greenenergy (Forbidden City Beijing, October 2016), Planet Energy (Saatchi Gallery, 2023), Polarities (New York) & A Light World (Paris, 2024).
Yann Toma is a professor at the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne and a researcher at the Institute of Arts Creation Theory and Aesthetics (ACTE) of the same university. He directs the Master’s degree in Arts & Vision (MAVI) and is co-director of the Master’s degree in Art and Innovation Management (School of Arts – School of Management). He is the coordinator of numerous research projects and an observer at the Institut des Hautes Etudes par les Sciences et la Technologie (IHEST).
Discussion threads are a collaborative project between the Iceland Academy of the Arts – Department of Fine Arts, the Reykjavík Art Museum and the Visual Arts Centre. The French Embassy in Iceland sponsors the Discussion Thread.
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Yann Toma is an artist-observer at the United Nations (New York). His work focuses on energy and networks, as well as ethics. His projects experiment with a redistribution of Artistic Energy (AE) between artist and society. He places his work and reflection at the frontier of artistic and civic expression. He puts it in the context of current political and media events. Both artist and life president of the Ouest-Lumière company, he has been developing the Artistic Energy (AE) concept since 1991. Since 1991, he has reinvested the reactivated memory of the former Ouest-Lumière electricity company to create a symbolic network dedicated to producing and disseminating artistic energy. Yann Toma is involved in issues of climate change and energy, in which the artist engages in processes of revelation and takes a stand with his body, making contact with certain hidden and open senses that the public itself can pick up on but which it continually loses sight of as a result of its conditioning, notably by failing to perceive the masses of natural influxes that ensure our relationship with nature. He is also a co-founder of the Maximalism movement.
His works, held in prestigious collections such as the Center Pompidou and the Neuflize's Bank, question the notion of energy, the impact of art on society, and the importance of ethics. His projects involve a shared production process, with the public playing a crucial role in generating the artwork and redistributing energy between artist and viewer.
Among Yann Toma's experimental project of redistribution of Artistic Energy between artist and society are Dynamo-Fukushima (Grand Palais, 2011), Human Energy (Tour Eiffel, December 2015), Human Greenenergy (Forbidden City Beijing, October 2016), Planet Energy (Saatchi Gallery, 2023), Polarities (New York) & A Light-World (Paris, 2024).
Yann Toma is a professor at Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne University and researcher at Institute of Arts Creation Theory and Aesthetics (ACTE), director of Master in Arts and Vision (MAVI), and co-director of Master of Art & Innovation Management program (School of arts – School of management). He is a coordinator of multiple research projects and a listener at the Institut des Hautes Etudes par les Sciences et la Technologie (IHEST).
Talk Series is organized in collaboration between Iceland University of the Arts – Fine Art, Reykjavik Art Museum and Iceland Center of the Arts. The French Embassy in Iceland supports Talk Series.