Etienne Cliquet

in charge of Ordigami website

Born in 1971 in the suburb of Paris. Artistic education of modern art with my parents. Studies in the applied arts school of Duperre, Paris. Freelance textile designer during two years for the car industry. Meeting with Sonia Marques. Then a diploma of the fine arts school of Paris where i meet the conceptual artists Claude Closky, Paul Devautour and later Ken Lum during an exchange program in Vancouver together with Sonia. In march 1999, Sonia and i create Teleferique, an independant and collective downloading art server. Publishing of the "Aesthetic by default" and some others critical texts. Dissolution of the Teleferique collective after six years of intense activities with other artists and computer science programmers (repository of programs and files, demos and online collective projects). Professor of multimedia in the Toulouse art school since 2002. In 2005, personnal artistic activity is focusing on the origami related to technology and knowledge economy. Regular practice of the natation and the vietnamese martial art (some risks appear on my photo). I appreciate nevertheless self control. Currently, i'm living in Charenton, near Paris.

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