Bio Dominique Balaÿ (english)
Born in 1968 at Maisons-Laffitte, France, Dominique Balaÿ currently lives in Nîmes, France and works for the internet industry.
Teaches a class titled Communication Stategies at the University in Nîmes.
Designer/creator of webSYNradio.
Member of editorial committee of Droit de Cités .
Contributor to literary and artistic magazines (Ralentir Travaux, Le Mâche Laurier, : éc/ art S, Variable, Autre Sud…).
Several published books and collections :
- Quelques Michel Strogoff, éditions A toi de jouer, 1995
- Free Tabla, éditions A toi de jouer, 1996
- Complication-Montagne, éditions Dans la Tranchée, 1997
- Interim, éditions JCB, 1998
- Le mal est fait, éditions Rafael de Surtis, 2000
Collaborated on the creation of the website sdnf.net, a platform for artistic experimentation that gathers together the projects of artists such as Xavier Veilhan, Laurent Chambert, Cyrille Martin, Franck Scurti, Pierre Gautier, Frédéric Vaesen, Felice Varini…
- Traditional works by Myriam Devidal, 2001 (picked up by the website www.isay.varias.info)
- Midi en Minuit, 2000
- The Art of Reading (L’art de la lecture) (picked up by www.varias.info), 2000
Dominique Balaÿ hosts the independent magazine Numérique Nîmes Sources Adultes, with contributions from Seb Jarnot, Laurent Chambert, Fabrice Praeger, Denis Darzacq, Marie Ducaté, Zéline Zonzon, Christophe Blanc…
Link : www.sources.varias.info
In 2009, upon invitation from the review Droit de Cités, he launches the project webSYNradio. WebSYNradio proposes des interventions inédites d’artistes : Adam Nankervis, Amandine Casadamont, Ana Igluka, Andrea Parkins, Andreas Angelidakis, Angelo Plessas, Angelo Vermeulen, Anne-James Chaton, Annie Abrahams, Bérangère Maximin, Bianco-Valente, Bonnie Collura, Boris Achour, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Carl Stone, Carole Benzaken, Caterina Davinio, Charles Pennequin, Chloe Piene, David Christoffel, David Goldenberg, David Medalla, Dominique Blais, Elena Andreyev/Antonin-Tri Hoang, Eric Périer, Erik Truffaz, Franck Scurti, Frédéric Sanchez, Guillaume Loizillon, Harvey Benge, Ignacio Uriarte, Isabelle Lartault, Jean Daviot, Jean Pierre Balpe, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Joel Hubaut, Julien Blaine, Laurent Chambert, Luca Francesconi, Marcelline Delbecq, Martha Rosler, Matthieu Laurette, Miltos Manetas, Noël Akchoté, Olga Kisseleva, Olivier Bardin, Olivier Cadiot, Pascal Comelade, Philippe Beck, Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahmy, Pia Dehne, Pierre Ménard, Richard Pinhas, Robert Stadler, Rodolphe Burger, Rubin Steiner, Salvatore Puglia, Samuel Zarka, Sandra Moussempès, Seb Jarnot, Tania Mouraud,Terri Weifenbach, Valery Grancher, Zimoun & Leerraum [ ]…
MACROSILLONS, a sonic sculpture by D.Balaÿ/JL.Guezennec/L.Rump
http://www.macrosillons.fr/
April/May 2010 : Macrosillons (with JL.Guezennec & L.Rump, Galerie Pannetier, Nîmes)
June/july 2010 : Ecce Homo Ludens (with Macrosillons, Regional Contemporary Art Museum of Languedoc-Roussillon)
