Anatole Chartier (1999)
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Anatole Chartier is a visual artist and performer. A graduate of the European School of Art in Poitiers–Angoulême, he has developed a practice that combines installation, performance and video.
His works explore the relationship between the body and natural elements—wind, sand, water, gravity—through devices and artefacts he calls "transducers." These narrative and activatable objects question our sensory relationship to the world and are part of narratives linked to collapse and post-collapse.
His work is mainly developed in the context of residencies, research and encounters, where the collective, participatory and ritualistic dimension plays a central role.
He has presented his creations at the Palais de la Porte Dorée (Paris), on the island of Vassivière, at the Abbaye Saint-André (Meymac), at the Villa Beatrix Enea (Anglet) and at the Fondation Martell (Cognac), among other venues. A winner of the ACEAC (Rouen) choreographic incubator, he is currently developing projects that combine visual arts and performance.
Keywords: performance, installation, body, wind, sand, gravity, ritual, activation, artefact, transducer, low-tech, collapse, post-collapse, collective experience
– Activation of La Procession du Phare, Maison des arts d’Aime-la-Plagne
– Invitation to perform, Nuit Blanche 2026
Galerie Jean-Collet × MAC VAL × Théâtre Jean-Villard
– TV People group exhibition at the Galerie Jean-Collet
– Residency, Ballet National de Marseille, Le Poids du Sol
2025
– Residency, CCN Grenoble, Le Poids du Sol
– Biennale Contemporary Art and Social Housing, Paris
with Margot Bernard
– Writing poems in collaboration with Anne Naukkarinen (Finnish Institute)
2024
– Residence, Maison Flottante – CNEAI=
– Residence, Martell Foundation, Cognac
– PREMIÈRE exhibition, Villa Beatrix Enea (Anglet)
– Educational intervention, EESAB Rennes & Brest (Ouessant)
Anatole Chartier develops a practice at the crossroads of installation, performance and video, in contexts of residency, research and in situ activation.
His work revolves around low-tech devices and artefacts that he calls transducers, activated by the body and natural elements — wind, sand, gravity, light. These forms produce collective, often ritualised experiences linked to narratives of collapse and post-collapse.
He regularly collaborates with dancers, artisans and residents, developing projects that combine writing, performative activation and transmission.
Education
DNSEP
European School of Art in Poitiers–Angoulême (2023)