Laure VASCONI
Laure VASCONI
Villes de cinéma







From Cairo to Rome, from Hollywood to Babelsberg, from Paramount to Fox, Laure Vasconi has strolled, roamed, wandered, and dreamed – always armed by her artificial limb, her camera. In more or less dormant or abandoned studios, she has observed the backstage of twentieth century dream factories, capturing the upside-down and inside-out : the unconscious cinema taking place behind the silver screen.
Merry Christmas



At Christmas time in Los Angeles, it is not only the firs that are decorated with sparkling lights but entire streets. “Merry Christmas” of Laure Vasconi, the traditional Christmas decorations that illuminate the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Exhibitions
2015
Villes de cinéma
SIT DOWN gallery
10.10.2015 – 07.11.2015
2013
Merry Christmas
SIT DOWN gallery
06.12.2013 – 04.01.2014
Biography
Born in Stuttgart in 1965, Laure Vasconi lives and works in Paris.
She studied architecture at Paris-Belleville and photography at ICP (New York). She starts by assisting many photographers of the agency Magnum while carrying out her personal research.
During the past decade, Laure Vasconi has worked with the press, including: Les Inrockuptibles, Libération, Le Monde…, as well as with institutions including: Théâtre de l’Odéon, Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, L’Opéra de Paris, Comédie Française, among others; and works individually for: EMOC “Odeon Theatre” site supervision (2003-2006), the 10-years of Naïve, Carte Blanche on the “Traces of Vivaldi” in Venice, for INA “Company Portrait” (2007-2008). Concerned by the question of memory, urbanism and landscape, she is currently working on the mutation of the Grand Paris and participates in the Photographic mission FTL (France(s) Territoire Liquide) (editions Seuil) and the exhibition Paysages Français at the BNF.
She also conducts internships in schools and as part of the Arles Festival and publishes several books with Filigranes or Le Point du Jour. Her work is regularly exhibited in France and abroad:
Paris: Carrousel du Louvre, Les Frigos, l’Odeon, le TCI , le Bon Marché, la Fnac.
Provence : Gap-La Passerelle, Mulhouse-La Filature, Brest-Le Quartz, Marseille-Galerie De Visu,
Nancy-Centre André Malraux. Abroad : Barcelone-Fondation Metronom et Institut Français.
2017
October : Cité(s)…, as part of France(s) Territoire Liquide, Bibliothèque Nationale
de France, Paris, France
February : Cité(s)…, France(s) Territoire Liquide, as part of the exchange year France-Colombia, Médéline, Colombia
May : Cité(s)…, France(s) Territoire Liquide, as part of the exchange year France-Colombia, Bogotta, Colombia
2016
Cité(s)…, as part of France(s) Territoire Liquide, Lyon, France
Regards croisés sur la mode, Institut Français Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
Villes de Cinéma, Espace Saint Cyprien, Toulouse, France
Cité(s)…, France(s) Territoire Liquide, Espace Saint Cyprien, Toulouse, France
2015
Cité(s)…, France(s) Territoire Liquide, La Conserverie, Metz, France
Villes de Cinéma, MK2 Bibliothèques, Paris, France
Villes de Cinéma, Sit Down gallery, Paris, France
Villes de Cinéma, Huit gallery, Arles, France
2014
Nuit Américaine, Filature de Mulhouse, France
France(s) Territoire Liquide, Tri Postal, Lille, France
Villes de Cinéma, Dityvon gallery, Angers, France
2013-14
Merry Christmas, Sit Down gallery, Paris, France
2011-12
Merry Christmas, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010
Out of control, Biennale Photo, Liège, Belgium
Traqueuse de Fantômes, 2014, Editions Mediapop
Carnets 1 et 2 Merry Christmas, 2012, Editions Filigranes
Fictions Intimes, 2005, Editions Filigranes
Carnet de Création, 2004, Editions de l’oeil
Faux Frère, 2000, Point du Jour
Souvenirs du Futur, 1999, Editions Filigranes
Press
Villes de cinéma :
“Villes de cinéma” Novo
“Laure Vasconi : Villes de cinéma” L’oeil de la photographie
“Cités Lumières” Air France magazine
“Laure Vasconi” Trois Couleurs
“Lumière sur les villes du cinéma” Slate.fr
Merry Christmas :
“Merry Christmas de Laura Vasconi” La belle image
“Une ville la nuit” Air France
“Nuits de Noël et de studios” Chasseurs d’images
“Un Noël à Los Angeles, après le 11 septembre” Europe 1
“Merry Christmas Los Angeles” Images Magazine
“Noël, les nuits américaines” Libération
“Plein la vue” Télérama