Chapelle Salerne
Installation of a Fred Forest video in the Church of San Giovanni di Dio (desecrated).
Video installation by Fred Forest in the Church of San Giovanni di Dio (desecrated).
Simulated telecommunications video installation for ARTMEDIA III, Salerno, 8-10 November 1990
LONG BIOGRAPHY OF FRED FOREST
Fred Forest has a special place in contemporary art. Both by his personality and by his pioneering practices which mark his work. He is mainly known today for having used one by one most of the communication media that have appeared over the last fifty years. He is co-founder of three artistic movements: those of sociological art, the aesthetics of communication and ethics in art.
He represented France at the 12th São Paulo Biennale (Communication Prize) in 1973, at the 37th Venice Biennale in 1976 and at Documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977.
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