Cyrille de Vignemont

Artist, photographer and director Danakil aka Cyrille de Vignemt fell into the world of temporary art with his first show at the Palais de Tokyo in 2004. French Art ls Not Dead named him e of ten young artists of French Art’s new guard. His work has been exhibited at the MoCA (Museum of Ctemporary Art] in Shanghai and Melbourne and he is often invited to biennials and different exhibitis. CyriIle's cinematographic work began with a documentary film , Nappy, about the despair of the golden youth. His aesthetic and sensibility then seduced the world of music and he started directing music videos including Milk Teeth for Mohini Geisweiller and Antibodies for Poni Hoax, which won the Saatchi&Saatchi Showcase. His advertizing career began when Converse US selected him to direct a strange and enchanting film about a teenager looking for his childhood robot's soul. He followed this debut with a captivating film for Amnesty International with TBWA Paris. Cyrille creates atmospheric films with a sensual narrative of the body’s fragility and a deep necti to natural elements, always bathed in sunlight.