Aurélie Besson
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Other Affiliation(s):
- Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (University of Quebec in Montreal)
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ISEA2024
Since 2016, Aurélie Besson has been the Executive and Artistic Director of Molior. She has developed collaborative projects in China, Brazil, Mexico, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and Canada. For more than 15 years, she has directed interdisciplinary projects in art, science and technology, alternately as a researcher, curator, artistic director or manager.
In 2023, she obtained a PhD in Study and practice of the arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal, co-supervised by Louise Poissant and Victor Frak. Her research has been developed according to a transdisciplinary approach in which she explores the concepts of enaction and the kinaesthetic senses in the experience of practicable works. She has organized a dozen conferences and has been involved in several research groups with Montreal universities. She also coordinated the production of the book Lumières de la ville (PUQ), edited by Louise Poissant, and has published several articles on the digital arts in books, blogs and magazines. Aurélie is regularly invited to conferences and sits on numerous committees and juries that recognize her expertise.
Between 2007 and 2010, she directed European collaborative art and technology projects and events in Prague. She holds a MA degree in communication (Université de Lyon 2; Universiteit Utrecht) and a MA degree in cultural development and project management (Université de Lyon 2). She teaches a course on Arts and technologies: foundations and challenges at Université de Sherbrooke.
ISEA2020
Aurélie Besson is currently the director and artistic co-director of Molior, an international media art exhibitions producer with projects in China, Brazil, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and Canada. She curated several projects in the field of art, technologies and sciences. Based in Prague between 2007 and 2010, she previously led collaborative European projects and events in the field of art and technology. She is a Phd candidate at Université du Québec à Montréal. Her thesis project, codirected by L. Poissant and V. Frak, deals with the embodiment and the senses of movement during interactive artwork experiences. She organized ten conferences with Montreal universities. She coordinated the production of the book Lumières de la ville (PUQ) directed by L. Poissant. She published several articles on digital arts in books and magazines. She holds a Master’s degree in Communications (Université Lyon 2; Universiteit Utrecht) and a Master’s degree in cultural development and project management (Université Lyon 2).
ISEA 2019
Aurélie Besson is a Phd candidate at Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. Her thesis project, codirected by L. Poissant and V. Frak, deals with the embodiment and the senses of movement during interactive artwork experiences. She organized ten conferences with Montreal universities. She coordinated the production and published two articles in Lumières de la ville (PUQ) directed by L. Poissant. She is currently the director and artistic co-director of Molior, an international media art exhibitions producer with projects in China, Brazil, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Canada. Based in Prague between 2007 and 2010, she previously led collaborative European projects and events in the field of art and technology. She holds a Master’s degree in Communications (Université Lyon 2, France; Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands) and a Master’s degree in cultural development and project management (Université Lyon 2).
