Laurent Mercier
{{Short description|French artist, producer and director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox Biography|name=Laurent Mercier|birth_name=Laurent Didier Mercier|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=y|1967|3|30}}|birth_place=France|occupation={{flatlist|
- Artist
- Director
- Producer
- Publisher
- Teacher
}}|website={{URL|http://www.callicore-insubordinate.com/}} {{URL|http://www.studiomercier.com/}}}}
Laurent Didier Mercier (born {{nowrap|30 March}} 1967) is a French artist, producer and director. He spent several years as an independent multimedia artist, organizing collective exhibitions, and analyzing the condition and status of artists in society. He worked with the publishing firm, Association for the Development of Multimedia Literature. He heads a production studio{{Cite web|url=https://www.afca.asso.fr/annuaire-cinema-animation/1292,Callicore|title=Callicore|website=www.afca.asso.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-03-28}} and 3D school in Paris.
Early life
Laurent Mercier was born in France in 1967. He spent part of his childhood on the roads with his parents who worked in the music industry. Later he studied at the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. His teachers were {{Interlanguage link|Pierre Buraglio|fr||WD=}}, Christian Boltansky, Annette Messager, {{Interlanguage link multi|Abraham Hadad|fr||WD=}}, and Michel Salsman.
Career
His artistic approach is characterized by the wild displaying of his artwork. He exhibited regularly at the Galerie Donguy, rue de la Roquette in Paris. This gallery represented the Fluxus movement (John Cage, La Monte Young, Yoko Ono,{{Cite web|url=http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/c01aafbd-4455-46a9-b6e6-70221af7c47f|title=I'M GOING AWAY SMILING|website=sub.festival-cannes.fr|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-28}} Joseph Beuys) and Body art. After Michel Journiac's passing, he continued the collective "Image pour vivre" and organized several exhibitions at Galerie Donguy. Mercier and Jacques Donguy developed many events on the subject of the artist's condition and status in society. They became the subject of protests on radio, university and in UNESCO congress. He joined Jeans François Bory and Donguy in publishing 'Association for the Development of Multimedia Literature',{{Cite web|url=http://www.costis.org/x/donguy/sonart/|title=EDITIONS Sonart, CD / CD-ROM de Poesie contemporaine|website=www.costis.org|access-date=2018-03-28}} an international magazine for Europe, US, Brazil and Japan that releases poetry anthologies and documents, reissues rare discs and vocal music. Mercier performed with Donguy at the Centre National Georges Pompidou in Paris. At the same time he taught Visual Arts at the Jail Maison Central de Poissy.
Mercier{{Cite news|url=https://www.afjv.com/news/7094_guide-des-metiers-producteur-ou-producer.htm|title=Guide des métiers : Producteur (ou producer)|work=AFJV|access-date=2018-03-28|language=fr-FR}} created "Studio Mercier"{{Cite web|url=https://www.afca.asso.fr/annuaire-cinema-animation/316,Studio-Mercier|title=Studio Mercier|website=www.afca.asso.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-03-28}} to train computer graphics artists working in international production studios. He created his own production studio Callicore as a resistance act against "the cultural dictatorship of media".{{Citation needed|date=March 2021|reason=direct quote requires citation}}
They won a Webby Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnleehookerjr.com/bio/|title=Bio|website=JOHN LEE HOOKER JR.|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-28}} with John Lee Hooker Jr. for the animated music video "Blues ain't nothin' but a Pimp" and enlarged Callicore's skills with music publishing.
Artists co-produced by Mercier include Iggy Pop,{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-iggy-pop-celebrate-love-paris-style-in-surreal-animated-video-20160601|title=See Iggy Pop Celebrate Love Paris-Style in Surreal Video|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-03-28}} Johnny Winter, John Lee Hooker Jr, Arrested Development, Carbon Silicon, The Buzzcocks, The Meteors, The Washington Dead Cats, Marky Ramone,{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.fr/le-morceau-du-soir-marky-ramone/|title=Le morceau du soir – Marky Ramone – Rolling Stone|date=17 May 2016|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-03-28|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.markyramone.com/video/|title=Marky Ramone " Video|last=Eckard|first=Evan|website=www.markyramone.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lagrosseradio.com/rock/webzine-rock/video-rock/p12048-marky-ramone-the-intruders-i-wanna-win-the-lottery.html|title=Marky Ramone & The Intruders – I Wanna Win The Lottery – Video – La Grosse Radio Rock – Ecouter du Rock – Webzine Rock|website=www.lagrosseradio.com|language=fr|access-date=2018-03-28}} We Are the Fury, CAKE,{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/cakes-long-time-tells-the-story-of-a-man-and-his-monkey-20110401|title=Cake's 'Long Time' Tells the Story of a Man and his Monkey|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-03-28}} Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Popa Chubby.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/radioouifm/videos/10154246711107872/?hc_ref=ART4r_y7S8orhmS_dBP48R29dtNvm4YGntc1JuKWj2wLsDDy6VuBh9j07JIYqs1gGcc|title=OUI FM|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouifm.fr/popa-chubby-im-the-catfish/|title=Popa Chubby – I’m The Catfish|website=OÜI FM|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-03-28}}
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.callicore-insubordinate.com/}}
- {{Official website|http://www.studiomercier.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|7438183}}
{{Animation industry in France}}
{{ACArt}}
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Category:21st-century French male artists
Category:20th-century French male artists