Claire Atherton Explained

Claire Atherton
Birth Place:San Francisco, USA
Nationality:French, American
Education:Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris Institute of Foreign Language, Beijing École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Paris
Occupation:Film editor, conception of video installations
Awards:Vision Award Ticinomoda 2019

Claire Atherton is a film editor. In 2019, she received the Vision Award Ticinomoda on the occasion of the 72nd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, becoming the first woman to receive the award.[1]

Biography

She was born in 1963 in San Francisco, U.S.[2] She grew up in New-York, then in Paris. She now works and lives in France. She is the sister of Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Attracted very young by Taoist philosophy and Chinese ideograms, she spent a few months in China in 1980, at the Institute of Foreign Language in Beijing. Then she enrolled at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris.

Atherton had her first work experience in 1982, in Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir in Paris[3] where she worked as video technician. In 1984, she enrolled in the professional branch of the École Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris from which she graduated in 1986.[4] She then started to work on sound and image for some of the productions of Centre Simone de Beauvoir and various other projects. From the 1990s onwards, Atherton started to mainly focus on film editing.

She met with Chantal Akerman in 1984 on the occasion of the theater adaptation of Letters Home: Correspondence 1950-1963 by Sylvia Plath which was played by Delphine Seyrig at the Petit théâtre de Paris. Seyrig asked Akerman and Atherton to film the performance

This episode marked the beginning of a 31-year collaboration between the filmmaker and the film editor,[5] first behind the camera and then on film editing. Atherton worked with Akerman on her documentaries, fictions and installations, up until No Home Movie and NOW, an installation which was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015.[6] [7]

Nowadays Atherton is in charge of the conception and spatialization of Akerman's installations, which are presented on the occasion of exhibitions in the entire world.

Atherton also works with many other filmmakers and artists. Among them are Luc Decaster, Emilio Pacull, Noëlle Pujol, Andreas Bolm, Emmanuelle Demoris, Elsa Quinette, Christine Seghezzi, Christophe Bisson, Olivier Dury and Éric Baudelaire and many others.

In 2013, the Cinémathèque de Grenoble, France, organized an event dedicated to Atherton's work as film editor. It's the first retrospective dedicated to the body of work of an editor.

She is often invited to give master classes with young filmmakers during workshops in France and internationally. She also teaches in cinema and art schools such as La Fémis and at the HEAD School in Geneva, Switzerland.

In 2019, she received the Vision Award Ticinomoda on the occasion of the 72nd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, becoming the first woman to receive the award which since 2013 "both highlights and pays tribute to someone whose creative work behind the scenes, as well as in their own right, has contributed to opening up new perspectives in film".[8]

Filmography

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Editing

1986: Letters Home by Chantal Akerman1986: Rue Mallet-Stevens by Chantal Akerman1986: Le Marteau [The Hammer] by Chantal Akerman1989: Marguerite Paradis by Chantal Akerman1992: Igor by Jean-François Gallotte1992: Le cinéma est mort vive le cinéma by Emilio Pacull1993: D'Est [From the East] by Chantal Akerman1993: Les Profiteroles, couples mixtes à Cuba by Emilio Pacull1994: Le Gamelan by Alain Jomy1994: Les Colonnes d'Hercule d'Emilio Pacull1994: Le Cinéma européen by Emilio Pacull1996: Un divan à New York [<nowiki/>[[A Couch in New York|A couch in New York]]] by Chantal Akerman1996: Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman, in the collection "Cinéma de notre temps"1996: Les Collèges en Seine Saint-Denis by Emilio Pacull1997: Héros désarmés by Béatrice Kordon and Sylvie Ballyot1997: Le jour où... by Chantal Akerman1997: Ouganda, l'enfance kidnappée by Emilio Pacull1997: L'Épousée by Françoise Grandcolin1998: Emma, tribu kanak d'aujourd'hui by Emilio Pacull1999: Sud [South] by Chantal Akerman1999: Km 250 by Anne Faisandier2000: La Captive by Chantal Akerman2001: Rêve d'usine by Luc Decaster2001: Filles de nos mères by Séverine Mathieu2002: De l'autre côté [From the Other Side] by Chantal Akerman2002: Avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton by Chantal Akerman2003: Demain on déménage by Chantal Akerman2004: Opération Hollywood by Emilio Pacull2004: Autour d'hier, aujourd'hui et demain by Chantal Akerman2005: Là-bas by Chantal Akerman2005: Héros fragiles by Emilio Pacull2006: Portrait de Pascale, menuisière by Séverine Mathieu2006: Rien n'a été fait by Noëlle Pujol and Ludovic Burel2006: Du sucre et des fleurs dans nos moteurs by Jean-Michel Rodrigo2007: Entretien avec Babette Mangolte, DVD set Chantal Akerman les années 702007: Entretien avec Natalia Akerman, DVD set Chantal Akerman les années 702007: Entretien avec Aurore Clément, DVD set Chantal Akerman les années 702007: Mafrouza « Cœur » by Emmanuelle Demoris2007: Mafrouza « Oh la nuit » by Emmanuelle Demoris2008: Mr President by Emilio Pacull2008: L'Écume des mères by Séverine Mathieu2008: Tous les enfants sauf un by Noëlle Pujol and Andreas Bolm2008: Fantaisie pour un château d'eau by Noëlle Pujol2008: Décor vidéo de Chantal Akerman pour I am a mistake de Jan Fabre2008: A l'Est avec Sonia Wieder-Atherton by Chantal Akerman2009: Tombée de nuit sur Shanghai by Chantal Akerman2009: Petites Histoires de mères by Séverine Mathieu2009: Dieu nous a pas fait naître avec des papiers by Luc Decaster2009: Ceux de Primo Levi by Anne Barbé2010: Histoire racontée par Jean Dougnac by Noëlle Pujol2010: Sorcières mes sœurs by Camille Ducellier2010: Detroit ville sauvage by Florent Tillon2010: On est là by Luc Decaster2011: La vie est ailleurs by Elsa Quinette2011: La Folie Almayer [<nowiki/>[[Almayer's Folly (film)|Almayer's Folly]]] by Chantal Akerman2011: Les Revenants by Andreas Bolm2011: Avenue Rivadavia by Christine Seghezzi2012: Noctambules by Ilham Maad2012: Décor vidéo pour La Jungle des villes by Bertolt Brecht (Roger Vontobel)2012: Hungry Man by Philippe Martin2013: Au monde by Christophe Bisson2013: Effacée by Anna Feillou2013: Si j'existe je ne suis pas un autre by Marie Violaine Brincard and Olivier Dury2014: Qui a tué Ali Ziri ? by Luc Decaster2014: Histoires de la plaine by Christine Seghezzi2014: De la mère au désert, installation by Chantal Akerman2015: No Home Movie by Chantal Akerman2015: Aux Capucins by Anna Feillou2016: Jumbo Toto histoires d'un éléphant by Noëlle Pujol2016: Le Juge by Andreas Bolm2016: Silêncio by Christophe Bisson2016: Danse avec l'écume by Luc Decaster2018: Walked the Way Home by Éric Baudelaire2018: Les cavaliers fantômes by Christine Seghezzi2018: Altérations / Kô Murobushi by Basile Doganis2019: Un film dramatique by Éric Baudelaire2020: The Glove (short film) by Éric Baudelaire2020: Les lettres de Didier by Noëlle Pujol2020: Le chant des oubliés by Luc Decaster2021: When There Is No More Music to Write by Éric Baudelaire2021: Une Fleur à la Bouche by Éric Baudelaire2022: Intermède by Maria Kourkouta

Photography

1986: Femmes et Musique, production of Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir (first assistant camera).1986: Rue Mallet-Stevens by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)1986: Le Marteau by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)1988: Histoires d'Amérique by Chantal Akerman (first assistant camera)1988: L'institut du monde Arabe (first assistant camera)1988: Marguerite Paradis by Chantal Akerman (director of photography)1988: Notes pour Debussy by Jean-Patrick Lebel (first assistant camera)1990: Igor by Jean-François Gallotte (director of photography)

Installations

1995: Le 25e écran, an installation by Chantal Akerman1998: Autobiography, selfportrait in progress, an installation by Chantal Akerman[10] 2001: Woman Sitting After Killing, an installation by Chantal Akerman2002: From the Other Side, an installation by Chantal Akerman2002: A voice in the Desert, an installation by Chantal Akerman2004: Marcher à côté de ses lacets dans un frigidaire vide, an installation by Chantal Akerman2007: La Chambre, an installation by Chantal Akerman2007: Je tu il elle, an installation by Chantal Akerman2007: In the Mirror, an installation by Chantal Akerman2008: Femmes d'Anvers en Novembre, an installation by Chantal Akerman2009: Maniac Summer, an installation by Chantal Akerman2015: NOW, an installation by Chantal Akerman[11] 2019: Tu peux prendre ton temps, an installation by Éric Baudelaire2020: Death Passed My Way and Stuck This Flower in My Mouth, installation d'Éric Baudelaire

Exhibitions

2015: Chantal Akerman: NOW, Ambika P3, Londres, Oct. 30 - Nov. 6, 2015.[12]

See also

Articles and Publications

2015: Tribute to Chantal Akerman: translation by Felicity Caplin of the text  written and read by Claire Atherton at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, on Novembre 16, 2015, on the occasion of the screening of No Home Movie : 'Chantal Akerman: La Passion de L'Intime / An Intimate Passion', Senses of Cinema n° 77, Dec. 2015, also published in Camera Obscrura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies, Duke University Press, 2019.[21] [22] 2016: Interview with Tina Poglajen, Film Comment[23] .

Talks and Masterclasses

2016: "Editing, A Composition", Jihlava International Film Festival,.[29] [30] 2018: Frankfurt University, Masterclass and presentation of D'est by Chantal Akerman.[32] [33]

Bibliography

2019: Laura Davis, "Un film dramatique", Filmexplorer (web).[38] 2019: Laura Davis, "Listening to Images: A conversation with Editor Claire Atherton", Mubi notebook (web).[39] 2019: Justine Smith, ' "Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies', Hypperallergic (web).[40] 2019: Lorenzo Buccella, "Life needs editing", News from the Locarno Festival (web).[41]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vision Award Ticinomoda. www.locarnofestival.ch. 2019-12-09. 2019-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190820014837/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/pardo/festival-del-film-locarno/section-and-awards/special-awards/vision-award. dead.
  2. Web site: Claire Atherton - Participants - Witte de With. www.wdw.nl. en. 2019-12-09.
  3. Web site: "Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies. 2019-11-18. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-12-09.
  4. Web site: Living Matter by Claire Atherton - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. 17 September 2019 . 2019-12-29.
  5. Web site: Listening to Images: A Conversation with Editor Claire Atherton. MUBI. 3 September 2019 . en. 2020-02-25.
  6. Web site: Interview: Claire Atherton. 2016-11-02. Film Comment. en. 2019-12-09.
  7. Book: Crittenden, Roger. Fine Cuts: Interviews on the Practice of European Film Editing. 2018-05-20. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-315-47511-0. en.
  8. Web site: Vision Award Ticinomoda. www.locarnofestival.ch. 2020-02-25. 2019-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190820014837/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/pardo/festival-del-film-locarno/section-and-awards/special-awards/vision-award. dead.
  9. Web site: Claire Atherton. www.unifrance.org. fr. 2019-12-09.
  10. Web site: Chantal Akerman: Selfportrait / Autobiography: A Work In Progress - Exhibitions. Gallery. Frith Street. Frith Street Gallery. en. 2019-12-09.
  11. Web site: Chantal Akerman "Now" at Ambika P3, London •. 2015-12-03. Mousse Magazine. it-IT. 2019-12-09.
  12. Web site: P3 exhibitions / Past / 2015. www.p3exhibitions.com. 2020-02-14.
  13. Web site: IMAGINE EUROPE. BOZAR. fr. 2020-02-14.
  14. Web site: Chantal Akerman. Maniac Shadows exposition. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414112009/https://www.lafermedubuisson.com/programme/chantal-akerman. 2021-04-14. dead. lafermedubuisson.com. 2020-02-14.
  15. Web site: Chantal Akerman NOW. Marian Goodman. en. 2020-02-14.
  16. Web site: The Jewish Museum. thejewishmuseum.org. 2020-02-14.
  17. Web site: Pedro Costa: Company Sabzian. www.sabzian.be. nl. 2020-02-14.
  18. Web site: Chantal Akerman Oi Futuro. Marian Goodman. en. 2020-02-14.
  19. Web site: Chantal Akerman - Programs - 2019. Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. en-US. 2020-02-14.
  20. Web site: Defiant Muses Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. www.museoreinasofia.es. en. 2020-02-14.
  21. Web site: Tribute to Chantal Akerman by Claire Atherton. Atherton. Claire. 2015-12-08. Senses of Cinema. en-US. 2020-02-14.
  22. Web site: Volume 34 Issue 1 (100) Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies Duke University Press. read.dukeupress.edu. 2020-02-14.
  23. Web site: Interview: Claire Atherton. 2016-11-02. Film Comment. en. 2020-02-25.
  24. Web site: Volume 34 Issue 1 (100) Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies Duke University Press. read.dukeupress.edu. 2020-02-14.
  25. Web site: Living Matter by Claire Atherton - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. 17 September 2019 . 2020-02-14.
  26. Web site: News from Home: The Films of Chantal Akerman. TIFF. en. 2020-02-14.
  27. Web site: About D'Est Versopolis. Beletrina. Production. www.versopolis.com. en-GB. 2020-02-14.
  28. Web site: The Art of Living. Lee. Yaniya. Canadian Art. en-US. 2020-02-14.
  29. Web site: Masterclass: Claire Atherton DOK.REVUE. www.dokrevue.cz. 2020-02-25.
  30. Web site: Masterclass: Claire Atherton. YouTube. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200311000728/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3swLgQM7M . 2020-03-11 .
  31. Web site: The Art of Editing. YouTube.
  32. Web site: Claire Atherton. Filme schneiden mit Chantal Akerman – Chantal Akerman – Lecture & Film. de-DE. 2020-02-25.
  33. Web site: Filme schneiden mit Chantal Akerman. www.normativeorders.net. 2020-02-25.
  34. Web site: Claire Atherton: El mecanismo de lo orgánico, en 16mm – FICUNAM. 2020-11-16. es-MX.
  35. Web site: YouTube. 2020-11-16. www.youtube.com.
  36. Web site: 2020. Spatializing Cinema.
  37. Web site: CLAIRE ATHERTON - YouTube. 2020-11-16. www.youtube.com.
  38. Web site: Un film dramatique. filmexplorer.ch. en. 2020-02-25.
  39. Web site: Listening to Images: A Conversation with Editor Claire Atherton. MUBI. 3 September 2019 . en. 2020-02-25.
  40. Web site: "Not Knowing Where You're Going": How Claire Atherton Edits Movies. 2019-11-18. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2020-02-25.
  41. Web site: Life needs editing. www.locarnofestival.ch. 2020-02-25.

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