Bertrand Planes (born 1975) is a French visual artist who lives and works in Paris, France. His artworks often involve subverting and finding new uses for everyday objects.
He represented France in the 2005 La Paz Bienniale.
His works include shop Christmas window displays for Le Bon Marché in Paris.
In 1999 he developed the brand "Emmaus" in reference of French Emmaus Charity shops. The brand became official in 2003 when Martin Hirsch signed with Bertrand Planes its creation. He organised about 10 fashion shows in France, mainly in Paris. http://www.bertrandplanes.com/emmaus/PressReview.pdf
In 2004, he developed DivX prime a modified divX codec made to produce visual effects using compression artifact. Today known as Datamoshing technique
His Life Clock is a slowed-down clock which runs 61320 times slower than normal: 1 minute on the clock takes a year for the hands to cross.
first video mapping <br> In 2006 after a workshop with CNRS (French National Scientific Research Center) he developed a very new video projection technique, today known as 'Video Mapping'. He called it BumpIt! in reference of bump mapping <br> First Video Mapping at Artcore Galerie, Paris, 2006
In 2011 he spent 2 months and half travelling around Russia, 13500 km by car from Vladivostok to Moscow and 12 solo shows on the way. This resulted in Bump It! tour, shown at the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2011.
2011 A ciel ouvert, Terril D'Haillicourt, France <br> 2011 Bump it! tour, Russia<br> 2011 no signal, New Galerie, Paris, France<br> 2011 the place we've been, Galerie Ben Kaufman, Berlin<br> 2010 New Galerie, Paris <br> 2010 àmoins que.., Théâtre de l'Agora, ÃÂvry, France<br> 2010 Formula Gallery, Etagi, St Petersbourg, Russia<br> 2009 Bateau mouche 2, Futur en Seine, Paris, France<br> 2008 Bump it!, ÃÂglise Sainte Elisabeth Paris, France<br> 2008 Untitled, Galerie Griesmar & Tamer, Paris, France<br> 2007 Low Tone, Galerie Artcore, Paris, France<br> 2005 mar:3D, SIART Biennale, La Paz, Bolivia<br> 2005 Emmaüs, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France<br> 2004 Live for Vibro, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2012 Battleground States, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, USA <br> 2012 This Town Deserves a Better Class of Criminals, New York Gallery, NYC, USA<br> 2012 White Night, Alliance Française, Vanuatu Islands, Vanuatu<br> 2012 Life Clock, Den Frie center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark<br> 2012 Shoes Or No Shoes?, sons, Kruishoutem, Belgium<br> 2011 O'Clock, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy<br> 2011 La Fabrique Sonore, Pommery, Reims, France<br> 2011 Art Garden, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore<br> 2011 16Bits Miracle, Centro Cultural Banco Bresil, Brasilia, Brazil <br> 2011 Wrong, IMO projects, Copenhagen, Denmark<br> 2011 Dessins Exquis, JTM galerie, Paris, France<br> 2011 Bumpit!-flat, Ososphère, Strasbourg, France<br> 2011 Cyril Hatt & Bertrand Planes, Gal. Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France<br> 2010 aysywtq; Art Copenhagen "State of the art", Copenhagen, Denmark<br> 2010 bumpit!, DNS, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore<br> 2010 Prix Meurice pour l'art contemporain, Hotel Meurice, Paris, France<br> 2010 fake off, Krenöbl, Berlin, Germany<br> 2010 loading, pm galerie, Berlin, Germany<br> 2010 Duel, JTM Gallery, Paris, France<br> 2009 Siana, Nanchang, Chinabr> 2009 Bande Annonce, New galerie de France, Paris, France<br> 2009 mar:3d, Bienal VentoSul, Instituto Paranaense de arte, Curitiba, Brazil<br> 2009 àla limite, galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, France<br> 2009 Bump it!, Institut Français, St Petersbourg, Russia<br> 2009 Bump it!, Nuit Blanche, mairie du 4e, Paris, France<br> 2008 Troisieme planète, La Générale, Paris, France<br> 2008 Festival Nemo, Paris, France<br> 2007 untitled, galerie Roger Tator, TAC Eindhoven, Netherland<br> 2007 J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites, Envoy, NYC, USA