Johanna Vaude

Johanna Vaude is a multidisciplinary artist whose cinematic and musical universe unfolds as a perpetual quest for poetry and innovation. Her works, often described as fierce, poetic, and intense, explore the shifting boundaries between genres, merging the visual and the auditory into a unique narrative alchemy.

Her first screenings in cultural institutions and short film festivals quickly garnered the attention of the public and critics, who praised her audacity, technical mastery, and highly personal art (with her work featured at MK2 Beaubourg, Côté Court de Pantin, Forum des images, Commune Image, Cinémathèque Française, Collège des Bernardins, Festival Silhouette, Cabaret Vert, among others).

The Arte channel dedicated a portrait of the artist in its magazine Court-Circuit. This was followed by the release of the monographic DVD Hybride by the Lowave label with the support of the CNC. This concept of artistic hybridization – a theory she defines through the concepts of “Graft, Fusion, Heredity,” a reflection on the relationship between art and science, published by the scientific journal Corps (read) and a study on the plastic and technical uses of images – earned her carte blanche for avant-garde programming at the Cinémathèque Française (read).

For several years now, she has been a regular guest on the show Blow Up on Arte TV, which gives her carte blanche to create, through editing and music, videos in homage to the 7th Art. Among these, several have gained recognition: including interviews on France Culture, a media presence at Gaîté Lyrique, a screening at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, relayed by the media outlet Nowness as Super-Edit, and articles in Première, Konbini, Télé Star, and Les Inrockuptibles (“Falling in Love with Scarlett Johansson in 5 Minutes /// Exquisite Corpse”).

She received the Label Image Award from Les Passeurs de Lumière at SCAM, consecrating her as an “Alchemist of Images.”

Excerpts from Johanna Vaude’s films are integrated into two installations conceptualized by artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: L’œil sauvage for TH.2058 at the Tate Modern in London, and Hypnotic for the Evento event in Bordeaux. Her video I’m more than a machine is part of the Electro exhibition at the Philharmonie de Paris, which continues at the Design Museum in London and the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf.

The streaming platform medici.tv, specializing in classical music and jazz, gave her carte blanche for a music video in homage to the world of music and to emphasize the importance of culture: “Art is a guarantee of sanity.”

Télérama selected Samouraï on its platform, giving it 3 TTT then 4 TTTT to signify their enthusiasm: “A frenetic montage around the art of the samurai draws us into the poetic spiral of a fierce artist.”

Other media also expressed their enthusiasm: Best Video Essay 2022 on Sight and Sound for “Conforme” and “Au Cinéma!”, Best Video Essay 2023 on British Film Institute for “Searching for Incognita” and “Mind Autopsy.”