Yako - Jean-Christophe Yacono

Jean-Christophe Yacono (yako) is a visual and multimedia artist. Photographer, author of interactive and digital works for screens and public spaces, his practice takes shape through photographic or animated images. He is interested in movement that generates interaction and collaboration. 
yako questions the place, the present moment, the reality and the trace that the gesture, or the movement, prints on the sensor.

Trained in graphic design and photography at the École Supérieure des Arts Modernes in Paris, as well as in interactive digital arts, yako quickly developed a marked interest in the new practices and writings of web and multimedia art and in contemporary dance.

His work has been presented at the Biennale d'Art Numérique (BIAN), the Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), the Cirque du Soleil, the PdA's ArTV studio, the Centre Pompidou (CNAC) and the Centrale Powerhouse gallery, among others.

2018 — Lumière et photographie numérique, agence TOPO, Québec, Canada
2016 — Scénario interactif et réalités virtuelles, Sundance, New Frontier - Story Lab - Auteur invité et réalisateur, É.-U.
2012 — Jeu et Gym, ARRQ-UDA, Direction d’acteur par Robert Favreau, Québec, Canada
2013 — Pour faire une histoire courte, RFAVQ, Réalisation, Léa Pool, Québec, Canada
2013 — Pour faire une histoire courte, RFAVQ, Scénario, Pierre-Yves Bernard, Québec, Canada
2008 — Microcontrôleur Arduino, Sat, Québec, Canada
1992 — Nouveaux médias, HTML et Lingo, Collège Maisonneuve, Québec, Canada
1982-86 — Diplômé de l’École Supérieure des Arts Modernes, Photographie, illustration, design, Paris, France

PHOTO - EXPOSITION
2023 - THE WIDOWS WALK - Mix Festival - NYC, US
2023 - FEAR IN MOTION - Mix Festival - NYC, US
2023 - INTERSTICES - The Farm Project - Cape Cod, US
2023 - GRAVEL @ - CA, The Wilder - Montréal

VIDEO - PROJECTION/DIFFUSION
2023 - GRAVEL (RE)WORKS - www.arts.film
2023 - GRAVEL (RE)WORKS - Cinedanse - Caraquet, CA
2023 - GRAVEL (RE)WORKS - Cinedanse - Caraquet, CA
2023 - THE WIDOWS WALK - Mix Festival - NYC, US
2023 - FEAR IN MOTION - Mix Festival - NYC, US
2023 - A SILENT TALE - Mix Festival - NYC, US
2020-23 - FEAR IN MONTION - www.arts.film