Curriculum Vitae \\ Ilse Frech
EDUCATION VISUAL ARTS
2013-2011 Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts, Work.Master – Contemporary Artistic Practices, University of Art & Design, HEAD – Genève, Switzerland. MFA Thesis: Image as Language – Language as Image (2013).
1996-1995 MA Photography (1st year) at St. Joost Academy School of Art & Design – AKV, Breda, The Netherlands
1995-1994 Masterclass Photography, Royal Academy of Art – KABK, The Hague, The Netherlands
1994-1990 BA Photography, Royal Academy of Art – KABK, The Hague, The Netherlands
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE /INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
2023 La Wayaka Current, Desert – Atacama desert, Chile (05/10/2023 – 25/10/2023) – Privately funded (self funded).
2016 Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon (1/03/2016 – 31/05/2016) – Mondriaan Foundation & Ashkal Alwan.
2006-2005 Atelier Holsboer, Paris, France (04/04/2005 – 27/03/2006) Fonds BKVB, The Netherlands.
MONOGRAPH I AM – PARADOX IDENTITY
2008 I Am – Paradox Identity: Concept design, photography, editing and interviews by Ilse Frech. Essays written by Leïla Sebbar & Habiba Mahany (France). Graphic Design; Mevis & van Deursen & Felix Weigand. Episode Publishers. Bilingual edition of 1000 copies (French – English). Awarded for Best Book Design, 2009, The Netherlands.
FILMOGRAPHY
2018 Sweet Terror of Memory – ΨΙΘΥΡΟΙ (2018, 15′) Short Film, Fiction/Experimental non-fiction (English, Greek, German; English subtitles). Premiered at NNF – Nederlands Film Festival (2018), and internationally at KineNova International Film Festival (Skopje), North-Macedonia (Short Film, International Competition Program 2018)
2011 Nika. Russia любовь {LOVE} (2011, 25′) Short Documentary * The film is a rought edit created during participation in Masterclass ‘PhotoStories’ upon invitiation by the Nederlands Fotomuseum (NFM, The Hague)
2008 I Am, My Islam, My France. (2008, 48’) Mid-Feature Film, Documentary (French; English subt.) Premiered at solo-exhibition at Institut Néerlandais, Paris (2008); Screened at IWAB – Incheon Women Artists’ Biennal, South-Korea (2009).
– THEORY // APPLIED STUDIES // INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTORIES 2024-22
2024 Kepler Space University: 6w/ Space Program (online) – The Moon and Its Exploration, by Dr. Pascal Lee.
2023 UvA: Graduate School of Social Sciences – 3w/ Summer Programme – Arcane Worlds: New Frontiers in the Study of Esotericism. Affiliated with Centre for the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, the world’s leading institute for academic research and teaching in the field of (western) esotericism, located at the University of Amsterdam.
2022 University Utrecht (UU): LinC A – Leadership in Culture Artistic – Creative Humanities Academy; Individual learning- & coaching trajectory.
2022 Script Academy: Scenario Basic Training (6/d), partially supported by The Netherlands Film Fund.
2022 Character Training: Interview Training Camera/Radio (2/d), Hilversum.
– VISUAL ARTS – SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SELECTION
2018 Talent Feedback Selection Filmplan, Nederlands Film Festival /DUTCH FILM FESTIVAL, Utrecht – NFF 2018.
2018-17 Cinematography, Camera College Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
2017 Masterclass Rijksacademie, by Zach Blas, in affiliation with Sonic Acts Festival.
2016 Sonic Acts – Masterclass Maryanne Amacher Archives: The Mini Sound Series” (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).
2015 SFSIA, Summer Institute of Art, International Study Program: Art & The Politics of Estrangement, in affiliation with the European Graduate School Saas-Fee, June 4-23 Switzerland. Direction: Warren Neidich and Barry Schwabsky.
2011 Masterclass Multimedia Storytelling for Photographers, PhotoStories NFM Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2003 World Press Photo Masterclass – aka Joop Swart Masterclass , The Netherlands.
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH: FILM, VISUAL ART
Present (– 2016): One, A Letter to Eternity (satellite-project) entwining visual arts and film; geographical area of interest Chile, Middle-East, North-Africa and Europe. Research fields includes: Cosmogony, Andean Shamanism, Archaeology, Archaeoastronmy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Egyptian Creation Mythology, Cybernetics, Philosophy, Art History, Hermeticism, Western Esotericism, in connotation with the Mediterranean basin and its history and influence, as a two-way flow cultural influencer since antiquity.
Present (– 2018-1995): Exile: Belonging
Present (– 2023/22): The Arab Spring – Tunisia Chronicles: Every Citizen A Journalist