Jury Architecture and Environment

Jury

Architecture & Environment

Bosco Sodi

Contemporary Artist I Mexico

Bosco Sodi (b. 1970, Mexico City) is known for his richly textured, vividly colored large-scale paintings. Sodi has discovered an emotive power within the essential crudeness of the materials that he uses to execute his paintings. Focusing on material exploration, the creative gesture, and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work, Sodi seeks to transcend conceptual barriers. Sodi leaves many of his paintings untitled, with the intention of removing any predisposition or connection beyond the work’s immediate existence. The work itself becomes a memory and a relic symbolic of the artist’s conversation with the raw material that brought the painting into creation. Sodi’s influences range from l’art informel, looking to artists such as Antoni Tàpies and Jean Dubuffet, to master colorists such as Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and the bright hues of his native heritage.

Simon Pénochet

Director I France

Originally from the south of France, Simon graduated from a Parisian film school. He captures with emotion portraits of passionate women and men combining a neat image with an intimate approach to his subject. Calm and precise, he is comfortable with various profiles. His multiple experiences have led him to film chefs, muses as well as craftsmen, artists or Tibetan monks. He knows how to tell a story with a subtle approach while adapting to the most varied universes. His work adopts a singular approach mixing a writing of reality influenced by the documentary and a cinematographic image.

Marie Sizorn

Filmmaker and Artist I France

Marie Sizorn (1995, France) is a filmmaker and artist based in Brest (FR). She is a graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and her work includes documentaries, narrative fiction and film installations. Her first short documentary, After the red, describes the consequences of forest fires in Corsica. Her works have been exhibited in international art venues, including the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the FIPADOC in Biarritz and the Eye Museum in Amsterdam. She is currently working on writing a fiction film.