Michel Auder
Encyclopedia
Michel Auder was born in Soissons
France
in 1945. He began making films at the age of 18. He was influenced of the French New Wave
and experimental cinema, most notably Jean-Luc Godard
and Andy Warhol
. In 1969, Auder met and eventually married Viva
, one of Warhol’s principal talents. A year later, they moved to New York City
where Auder has since resided. That same year, he purchased a Sony Portapak, one of the first commercially available video cameras.
Video
allowed Auder to translate Warhol’s talent for making the banal glamorous and the glamorous banal into a diary practice which Auder himself did not consider fine art. His earliest works are travel logs and endearing portraits of friends including Hannah Wilke
, Alice Neel
, Annie Sprinkle
, Eric Bogosian
, Louis Waldon, and Larry Rivers
. The label “video artist” was applied retroactively when Auder began exhibiting his work in 1980. At that time, he produced a series of works including scripted biographical material and video collages appropriating material from television. As the quality of video cameras improved and access to editing facilities increased, Auder’s skills as an auteur became more apparent.
Auder was married to Cindy Sherman
from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. He has one daughter, Alexandra Auder. He lives and works in Brooklyn
, New York.
Soissons
Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about northeast of Paris. It is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones...
France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1945. He began making films at the age of 18. He was influenced of the French New Wave
French New Wave
The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...
and experimental cinema, most notably Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
and Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
. In 1969, Auder met and eventually married Viva
Viva (Warhol superstar)
Viva is an American actress, writer and a former Warhol superstar.-Career:She was born Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann in Syracuse, New York. She was given the name Viva by Andy Warhol before the release of her first film but later used her married last name . She appeared in several of Warhol's films...
, one of Warhol’s principal talents. A year later, they moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
where Auder has since resided. That same year, he purchased a Sony Portapak, one of the first commercially available video cameras.
Video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
allowed Auder to translate Warhol’s talent for making the banal glamorous and the glamorous banal into a diary practice which Auder himself did not consider fine art. His earliest works are travel logs and endearing portraits of friends including Hannah Wilke
Hannah Wilke
Hannah Wilke was an American painter, sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist.-Biography:...
, Alice Neel
Alice Neel
Alice Neel was an American artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers...
, Annie Sprinkle
Annie Sprinkle
Annie M. Sprinkle is an American former prostitute, stripper, pornographic actress, cable television host, porn magazine editor, writer and sex film producer...
, Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,...
, Louis Waldon, and Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, New York and Zihuatanejo, Mexico.-Biography:...
. The label “video artist” was applied retroactively when Auder began exhibiting his work in 1980. At that time, he produced a series of works including scripted biographical material and video collages appropriating material from television. As the quality of video cameras improved and access to editing facilities increased, Auder’s skills as an auteur became more apparent.
Auder was married to Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits. Sherman currently lives and works in New York City. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She is represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London in and Metro Pictures gallery in...
from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. He has one daughter, Alexandra Auder. He lives and works in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York.
Selected works
- Keeping Busy, 1969
- Cleopatra, 1970
- The Valerie Solanas Incident, 1971
- Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol, 1971–1976
- Chronicles: Family Diaries, 1971-1973 (Excerpts)
- Made for Denise, 1978
- Seduction of Patrick, 1979
- Portrait of Alice Neel, 1976–1982
- Chasing the Dragon, 1982
- Flying, 1983
- The Games: Olympic Variations, 1984
- My Last Bag of Heroin (For Real), 1986
- Brooding Angels, Made for R.L., 1988
- Roman Variations, 1991
- Voyage to the Center of the Phone Lines, 1993
- Polariod Cocaine, 1993
- Louis Waldon, 1994
- The Vanuatu Chronicles, 1998
- T.W.U. Richard Serra, An Unsolicited Video by Michel Auder, 1980–82, re-edit 2002
- Louis Waldon in Chronicles: Los Angeles/Bel-Air (July 1999), 2002
- Chronicles: Columbian Wedding (April 1999), 2002
- Morocco 1972: The Real Chronicles with Viva, 2002
- Chronicles: Van's Last Performance, 1971, edited 2002
- The World Out of My Hands, 2006
- New Mexico Chronicles, 2006
- The FeatureThe Feature'The Feature' is a collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel. Using a vast video ‘library’ that Auder has created over the last 40 years, in combination with original present-day footage of Auder shot by Neel, the two filmmakers are setting out to make a feature length film...
(with SeeThink ProductionsSeeThink ProductionsSeeThink Films is a Brooklyn-based company that produces feature documentary and narrative films, commercials and music videos.SeeThink Films founding members are Andrew Neel, Ethan Palmer, Luke Meyer and Tom Davis.- Films :*New World Order...
), 2007