Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau

Ivan MAGRIN-CHAGNOLLEAU is an artist philosopher born in Paris, now based in California. He has been involved in art making for most of his life, including film, theatre, photography, music, and creative writing. He has been in turn actor, singer, director, and author in around fifty projects in theater and film, and occasionally performs as a performance artist. He has also practiced photography since childhood and published three books of photographs in 2017 (Muir Woods Spirits), 2020 (Handscapes), and 2023 (Diptych - with his friend Roberto Pieraccini).

Ivan has also been involved in academic research and teaching, in particular in art and philosophy, and earlier in electrical and computer engineering. He is now particularly interested in: the creative process, particularly its phenomenological dimension ; artificial intelligence and creativity ; the link between art and philosophy, art and ethics, art and environment, art and spirituality, art and science ; and the rehabilitation of love and kindness as shared life values.

Several of his art videos have been exhibited during biennials and collective exhibitions. Some titles include Crusading the Trees, Kaleidophysis, Poetic Zodiac: Aries. He also regularly composes for dance, film, and voice. His first album as a composer, Acousmatic #1, was released in 2023 and can be found on most music platforms. His first book of poetry was released in 2023, Haïku 1 (in French).

Ivan has been the beneficiary of several artistic residencies and grants. His short films have won festival selections and some awards. A play he directed received the award for best play in New York. And he has been the subject of several articles in publications such as Standard and Backstage. 

Ivan can be found online at: ivanhereandnow.com | @ivanhereandnow

Recent teaching:

2023: How Art Can Help Us Save the Planet - Art and Ethics @ Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

2023: Creativity and Innovation @ EFAP, Aix-en-Provence, France

2022: Storytelling, EFAP @ Aix-en-Provence, France

2022: Creativity and Innovation @ EFAP, Aix-en-Provence, France

2021: AI and Creativity @ International Summer School on AI, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

2021: AI and Creativity, Master in Computational Creativity @ University of Toulouse, France

2021: Color Grading @ École Kourtrajmé (Film School), Marseille, France

2020: Why Do We Like What we Like - Criticism and Aesthetics @ Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

2019: Directing Actors @ Srinakharinwirot University (Film Division), Bangkok, Thailand

2019: Screenwriting/Directing @ ESRA (Film School), Paris

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications:

Book Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. La Méthode de l’Actors Studio, Sous presse.

Book Chapter Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. Expérience phénoménologique et énactive d’une œuvre de poésie spatialisée visuelle et sonore. Corporéité et construction du sens dans la poésie visuelle, Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, Sous presse.

Book Chapter Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. La Méthode de l'Actors Studio : Genèse, Pratique et Phénoménologie. Être en scène, être en jeu. Statuts, esthétiques, processus et techniques pour l'interprète et le performeur, Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, Sous presse. ⟨hal-02342281v2⟩

2023 Edition of Journal Issue Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau, Fabrice Métais (eds.). Humanism and Art. p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e, 7, 2023.

2023 Edition of Journal Issue Frédéric Borde, Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau, Claudine Martinez, Maryse Maurel (eds.). La contribution de Pierre Vermersch à l’étude de la subjectivité. Expliciter, Hors série 1, 2023.

2023 Journal Article Magali Boutrais, Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau, Maryse Maurel, Patricia Rottement. Le rôle du corps dans la mise en évocation, le remplissement intuitif et la présentification dans le cadre d'un entretien d'explicitation. Expliciter, 2023, 137, pp. 37-41. ⟨hal-04016033⟩

2023 Journal Article Felipe Ariani, Marcelo Caetano, Javier Elipe Gimeno, Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. Créativité assistée par ordinateur : composer la musique d'un film en utilisant uniquement sa courbe de luminosité extraite automatiquement. Arts et Sciences, 2023, 7 (1), pp.12-21. ⟨hal-03992730⟩

2023 Journal Article Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. Mise en évocation : Entretien d'explicitation et méthode de l'Actors Studio. Expliciter, 2023, Hors-série (1), pp.53-61. ⟨hal-03992877⟩

2023 Journal Article Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. Le rôle de l'auto-explicitation en recherche. Expliciter, 2023, Hors-série (1), pp.105-111. ⟨hal-03992909⟩

2023 Filmmaker+ActorIntimate Encounters with Anthropocene (several short films)

2023 ComposerHaïku 1: Part 1 First cycle of polyphonic vocal music based onthe book Haïku 1

2023 Stage Director+ActorIntimate Encounters with Anthropocene in Aix-en-Provence

2023 Photographer Publication of the photography book Diptych with Roberto Pieraccini

2023 Writer+Photographer Publication of Haïku 1(poetry in French+photography)

2023 Composer Release of the album ACOUSMATIC #1