Systaime
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| birth_name = Michaël Borras
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| movement = French Trash Touch, Postinternet art, Net.art
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Systaime (b. 29 January 1973) is a French contemporary visual artist. His given name is Michael Borras.
Biography
His name of artist Systaime, chosen in the late 1990s when he was a figurative painter,{{cite interview|last=Borras|first=Michael|interviewer=Yannick Cahuzac|title=DIGITAL ART…OR BULLSHIT? Systaime renverse la question|url=http://www.amusement.net/fr/2012/03/02/digital-art%E2%80%A6or-bullshit-systaime-renverse-la-question/|work=amusement.net|date=2 April 2012 |access-date=11 July 2016}} is the contraction of the words "{{Lang|fr|Système}}" and "{{Lang|fr|Aime}}". They symbolize for the artist the love and understanding that is necessary for a data processing or political system in order to circumvent, divert or subvert it.{{cite journal|last1=Bories|first1=Pascal|title=Les médias, c’est moi !|journal=Technikart|date=1 November 2003|volume=77|url=http://www.technikart.com/les-medias-cest-moi/|issn=1162-8731|accessdate=11 July 2016}}
Former art school student,{{Cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.vsd.fr/contenu-editorial/l-actualite/video-buzz/296-le-remix-du-pauvre-con-de-nicolas-sarkozy-cartonne|title=Le remix du "pauvre con" de Nicolas Sarkozy cartonne|author=Victor Lech|date=3 March 2008|website=www.vsd.fr|publisher=Prisma Presse|access-date=7 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412220739/http://www.vsd.fr/contenu-editorial/l-actualite/video-buzz/296-le-remix-du-pauvre-con-de-nicolas-sarkozy-cartonne|archive-date=12 April 2014}}. he is a multidisciplinary French artist and exhibition curator, net.art activist and video jockey.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/07/10/batofar-fouilleur_439369|title=Batofar Fouilleur,|author=Marie Lechner|date=10 July 2003|website=www.liberation.fr|publisher=Libération|access-date=6 July 2016}} He experimented with painting, GIFs,{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/pixel/gif-art-et-langage-moderne#|title=GIF : art et langage moderne|author=Abdelhak el Idrissi|date=20 May 2016|website=www.franceculture.fr|publisher=France Culture|access-date=10 July 2016}}. remixes, Mash Up, blogs, books, CDs, photos, audio/video performances, music videos, TV reviews. He is more particularly known as multimedia and networks artist. Systaime defines his style as "French Trash Touch", a name of his invention{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://next.liberation.fr/guide/2003/04/11/hors-systaime_461299|title=Hors Systaime|author=Annick Rivoire|date=11 April 2003|website=www.liberation.fr|publisher=Libération|access-date=4 July 2016}}{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2011/04/11/le-systaime-attise-le-trash_951910?page=article|title=Le Systaime attise le trash |author=Marie Lechner|date=11 April 2011|website=www.liberation.fr|publisher=Libération|access-date =4 July 2016}} derived from the musical movement French Touch. it distributes its creations since 1999 but hopes to "get out the Web to Web" and is for example that circulate VHS in 2003 to go to meet those who do not have internet access. Michaël Borras considers that the debates between the "great culture" and the "subculture" do not have to be, that there is no "difference between a painter who will spend hours on a canvas and an artist who will spend hours also on the creation of a GIF".
Work
His videos often consist of collages of images and sounds from all backgrounds : excerpts of policy interventions, home videos, animated gifs, etc. In 2003, Annick Rivoire judge his work class "above average achievements on the Internet". It also carries out machinima, films directed by filming inside a virtual world or a video game.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.afjv.com/news/355_atopic-festival.htm/|title=Atopic Festival, les mondes virtuels font leur cinéma !|author=Emmanuel Forsans|date=6 November 2011|website=www.afjv.com|publisher=AFJV|access-date =4 July 2016}}.
Systaime created in 2011 website SuPer Modern Art Museum, a sort of virtual museum that brings together some fifty works of net.art.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.liberation.fr/ecrans/2011/12/21/spamm-le-netart-desirable_953618?page=article|title=Spamm, le net.art désirable|author=Sophian Fanem|date=21 December 2011|website=www.liberation.fr|publisher=Libération|access-date =4 July 2016}}. In March 2013, the SPAMM presents "Cupcake", projected video installation in the windows of the PROJECT-ion gallery in New York.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.poptronics.fr/Cupcake-a-la-sauce-SPAMM-en|title=Cupcake à la sauce SPAMM en vitrine à New York|author=Cherise Fong|date=20 March 2013|website=www.poptronics.fr|publisher=Poptronics|access-date =4 July 2016}}. In July, Systaime organizes with Miyo Van Stenis and Helena Acosta exposure SPAMM Dulce at Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas in Venezuela.{{cite web|language=Spanish|url=http://www.arteenlared.com/venezuela/exhibiciones/el-museo-de-arte-super-moderno-s-p-a-m-m-toma-los-espacios-del-maccsi.html|title=El Museo de Arte Súper Moderno (S.P.A.M.M.) toma los espacios del MACCSI|date=23 July 2013|website=www.arteenlared.com|publisher=Arte en la Red|access-date=4 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808181141/http://www.arteenlared.com/venezuela/exhibiciones/el-museo-de-arte-super-moderno-s-p-a-m-m-toma-los-espacios-del-maccsi.html|archive-date=8 August 2016}}. Two years later, in July 2015, he organized with Helena accosted and Jean Guillaume Le Roux exhibition over three days entitled "spamm of Virtualism" and submitted at the Babycastles Gallery in New York, the EKLUZ gallery in Paris and the 'Electromuseum in Moscow where the trio explores and questions the evolution of digital media such as creating materials.{{cite web|language=en|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/digital-dispatches-from-the-super-modern-art-museum-spamm/|title=Digital Dispatches from the Super Modern Art Museum (SPAMM)|author=Benoit Palop|date=14 April 2015|publisher=Vice Media Inc|access-date =4 July 2016}}
Since 2012, Systaime is contributor to the emission of "L'oeil de Links" broadcast on the channel Canal +.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.canalplus.fr/c-emissions/c-ms-l-oeil-de-links/pid4756-communaute.html?perso_id=992|title=Systaime|website=www.canalplus.fr|publisher=CanalPlus|access-date =4 July 2016}}.
Systaime participated in the creation of music videos. He has collaborated with various artists as Charlélie Couture, Sporto Kantes, Odezenne, Orties or even Asia Argento for the music video of her title Sexodrome in 2013.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.picturalis.fr/actu/klip-klap-10-sexodrome|title=Klip Klap #10 : Sexodrome|author=Le Cinéma du Ghetto|date=8 October 2014|website=www.picturalis.fr|publisher=Picturalis|access-date =4 July 2016}}.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Michaël Borras}}
- {{Official website|www.systaime.com}}
- {{Official website|spamm.fr|SPAMM}}