Simo Bacar is delighted to announce the screening of “Village of Children”, “Cloud Walkers”, and “The Bridge Will Lead The Way”, three videos by New York-based artist Paul Gondry.

“Cloud Walkers”, 2024
Miniatures conceived by Paul Gondry and Oscar Jamois
Combination of miniatures and composite archive videos of Hoover Villes in NYC during the Great Depression

“Village of Children”, 2022
Edited by Leah Hennessey
Based on an idea conceived by Shelby Jackson and Paul Gondry
Village Magician acted by Michael Sullivan

“The Bridge Will Lead The Way”
Montage of footage shot between 2018 and 2023
For upcoming feature film entitled:
The Chronicles of Shpongle

Paul Gondry (b. 1991 Paris) lives and works in New York. The artist studied Film, Animation and Video at the Rhode Island School of Design. Most recently, Gondry presented works at The Armory Show, New York, with Newton, the Gramercy International Prize recipient in 2022. Recent exhibitions include: Castelet, Simo Bacar, Lisbon (2022); Le pays du soleil, Futura, Prague (2020); Various Others, KAYA (Debo Eilers and Kerstin Brätsch) and Paul Gondry, Deborah Schamoni, Munich hosting Malcolm X (MX) Gallery, New York (2019); Just So Stories, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg (2019); Kunsthalle Wichita, Kansas (2018); C. R. McBerny Vol. I, curated by Andrew Hunt and Veit Laurent Kurz, Zwinglisalon, Berlin (2018); C. Vomitoria, Paul Gondry and Duncan Boise, MX Gallery, New York (2018); Golem, 15 Orient, New York (2017); Shpongle, Shelby Jackson and Paul Gondry, 15 Orient, New York (2016); Hüttendasein, 15 Orient, New York (2016). The artist was the co-founder of 15 Orient, New York, and recently joined MX Gallery team to transition into Newton.

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