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Opie Boero Imwinkelried

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Places of practice

France

United States of America

Paris, France

Paris, France

Alternate names

VJ Opie

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Biography

VJ Opie is a performance and video artist based in Paris, France. Opie Boero Imwinkelried's work explores language and technology with a focus on the ancient Roman and Greek worlds in connection with contemporary society. Opie created the concept of RTLC (Real Time Live Cinema) a hybrid of cinema and theater based on chroma keying techniques and live improvisation. Opie also works with a range of computer technologies applied to live performances including augmented reality and motion tracking. Opie has shown video works at several international venues including the European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Clermont-Ferrand Videoformes, British Film Institute’s London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and NewFest 2008: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival. Opie's video performance trajectory started in the 90s, performing with self-authored Flash movies. Back then, Opie performed at several venues, mostly in the United States, including Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Resources, and scholarly conferences such as Pacific Rim Classical Studies Conference. More recently, Opie has been performing in Paris at clubs such as the Opa, Batofar, Yono, and 4 Elements as well as at art houses such as La Société de Curiosités and more recently featured at the Apple Store Louvre and the Nuit Blanche, Paris.

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Filmography
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    film/video, 2007

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