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SONIC ART FAIRS KÖLN 2011 - THORNANDER
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In line with his taste for confrontation,
Thornander has multiplied collaborations with other creators.
. These collaborations structure some key moments of his art.
The current main collaboration is with his virtual self,
RedNanRoht
In collaboration with RedNanRoht:
Aesthetic Wars (2014-2015)
paintings
presented at My Private Art Life, Paris, France.
Big Blue Splash; The Polar; The Signature Paintings (2013)
presented in the Studio-Lab, Montreuil, France.
Vulvaroom et politique intérieure” [Vulvaroom And Internal Politics] (2008)
essay published by Editions Sanzokunam, Paris, France.
After Porn (2008)
performance and concert, MECAL, Barcelona, Spain.
Le Beau Sexe, hyperconférence (2004)
performance, sound and video - MECAL, Barcelona.
Are You Scared of Girls (1999)
video and electronic music performance, Le Divan du Monde, le Pulp, Le Dépôt,…, Paris, France
Nils Thornander's Continuum (1999)
essay published by Nitti-Tal, Stockholm, Sweden.
Max Jacob (1996)
scenography, Grand Théâtre de Quimper, France.
Hypercorps / l’interdit” [Hyper Body, The Forbidden] (1992)
personal exhibition, Galerie Vitoux-Zylbermann, Paris, France.
Les territoires d'un corps [Territories Of a Body] (1990)
personal exhibition, Galerie Vitoux-Zylbermann, Paris, France.
Continuum in Stockholm (1989)
personal exhibition, Galerie Arton A, Stockholm. Sweden.
The Digital Woman (1988)
personal exhibition and performance, Limelight, Chicago, MI, USA.
In collaboration with Mildred Simantov:
L’Âge adulte (1988)
concert/performance Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
The Tuning Book (2012)
first paper book and music album, librairie du Centre Georges Pompidou, librairie du Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
Music For Museum Audio-Guides
original Soundtracks composed in dialogue with artworks by Pierre Huygues, Raphael Zarka, Louise Bourgeois, Daniel Buren, Zadkine…
(audioguides for Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Musée Bourdelle, Musée Zadkine),
Lover / Fucker (2012)
special edition for the New Museum of New York, NYC, USA.
As a Kamikaze Blow Job
installation, Gallery P von K, Berlin, Germany.
Olympic Smoking Area
installation, music and performance, Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris.
Réfectoire [Refectory]
objects, video and sound installation, Musée Carnavalet, Nuit Blanche, Paris.
Le Débat [The Debate] (2009)
film produced by DTACC, Maison de l’Architecture, Paris, France.
The Nice Institution (2010-2011)
simulated art 'institution, Paris, France.
In collaboration with Gilles Verdiani:
Reception (2015)
original soundtrack for the film directed by Gilles Verdiani
De la Réception comme un des beaux-art [Reception As One Of The Fine Arts] (2006)
installation-performance, Parcours Saint Germain, Paris, France.
Persistances Rétiniennes [Retinal Persistence] (2005-2006)
35 short musical clips broadcasted on Canal+cinema, France.
Préliminaires” [Preliminaries] (2001)
music and video for DVDs, selected by Jacques Henric for his "Carte Blanche"
La Zone Erogène (2000-2007)
music, dinners, lectures, sensorial experiences and vidéo projections –immersive installation Paris, France
In collaboration with Laurent de Wilde:
In collaboration with Géraldine Ros:
The Scream (2013)
micro opera for Soprano and Digital Orchestra , France Culture
Living On (1985)
vidéo and music, Mecal Festival Barcelona Spain
Introit (1985)
projections, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France.
In collaboration with Grégoire Ingold:
1999 –Le Banquet de Platon
scenography of painted lightboxes, Chapelle Royale de Saint Denis, France
1998-1992 – Balagan [The Balagan]
bodypaintings and scenography, Festival d’Aurillac, France; Kinshasa Festival, Democratic Republic of Congo, Centre Wallonie Paris etc.
In collaboration with Magnus Bärtås:
2015 “Claims of Victory”
REAL DMZ PROJECT Artsonje Center, Seoul
The Life Project (2002)
in The Resort of Homeless Ideas
In collaboration with Alberto Sorbelli/Just From Cynthia:
1995 – “Le Beau Sexe, une esthétique de la vulve»
interactive video on cd-rom, in the exhibition « X-Y »,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
In collaboration with Jacques Lenot
1979 - Libretto and scenography for the opera « Le Mariage Obscur »
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV AFTER PIERRE HUYGHE'S "LE MUSEE D'ART MODERNE NE M'APPARTIENT PAS NI L'ETOILE NOIRE"
MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS / AUDIOGUIDE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV AFTER DANIEL BUREN'S "MUR DE PEINTURE" MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS / AUDIOGUIDE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV AFTER CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI'S "LA RÉSERVE" MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV AFTER ANDRÉ CADERE'S "PEINTURE INFINIE" MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS / AUDIOGUIDE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV FOR THE MUSEE ZADKINE PARIS / AUDIOGUIDE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV FOR THE MUSEE BOURDELLE PARIS/ AUDIOGUIDE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV FOR THE MUSEE BOURDELLE / AUDIOGUIDE
"THE SCREAM" HAS BEEN COMPOSED BY THORNANDER AS A MICRO OPERA TO CELEBRATE THE SELLING OF EDWARD MUNCH'S "THE SCREAM", FOR $120 MILLION AT SOTHEBY'S ON MAY 3, 2012,, SETTING A NEW RECORD AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ART EVER SOLD AT AUCTION. SOPRANO : GÉRALDINE ROS
the Palais de Tokyo version of "Origami Song"extract from the album "FRESH AS A DAISY" by L'ÂGE ADULTE
THORNANDER-SIMANTOV'S Electro Pop Band (2012).
MUSIC COMPOSED BY THORNANDER-SIMANTOV AFTER PIERRE ZARKA'S "ROOLER GAB" MUSEE D'ART MODERNE PARIS - AUDIO GUIDE
LE MUSEE D'ART MODERNE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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MUR DE PEINTURE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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LA RESERVE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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PEINTURE INFINIE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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ROOLER GAB - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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ATELIER BOURDELLE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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MUSEE ZADKINE - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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ATELIER BOURDELLE 2 - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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ORIGAMI SONG - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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OLYMPIC SMOKING AREA - THORNANDER-SIMANTOV
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THE SCREAM - THORNANDER
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2012 "Quick French Talk" with Antonio Casilli


"Spintronic" (2005)
Video and music - Festival de Zonze (France)
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