Rain Again selected in Melting Walls Volume1 at murmurcontemporary (exhibition April 6-May 4), Montreux
"He creates films by filming, not by writing, no scenario or plan beforehand.
The distance between the filmed object and his eye and the camera is primordial. It's a question of point of view.
We know what we are looking at and we are always fully aware of what we see.
But there are short moments of bewitchment , when we can objectively identify and contemplate what we see, all the while imaging it to be something entirely different."
murmurcontemporary
"Il crée des films en filmant, pas en écrivant, aucun scénario ni plan avant.
La distance entre l'objet filmé et son oeil et la caméra est primordiale. C'est une question de point de vue.
Nous savons ce que nous regardons et nous sommes toujours pleinement conscients de ce que nous voyons.
Mais il y a de courts moments d'envoûtement, où nous pouvons identifier et contempler objectivement ce que nous voyons, tout en l'imaginant comme quelque chose de complètement différent."
Hole selected for UMW Mediawall's Spring Rotation (exhibition March-June), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg
Rain Again selected by Expephab (online), Marseille
"Pierre Yves Clouin's films are delicate, patient, and private. He finds frames that withhold everything that is. An imagination activation." - Greg Jenkins, The New Arts Foundation
"Les films de Pierre Yves Clouin sont délicats, patients et privés. Il trouve des cadres qui retiennent tout ce qui est. Une activation de l’imagination." - "moving images are still images," curated by Greg Jenkins, The New Arts Foundation (July 2023) Los Angeles, CA, USA
Best Experimental Film, Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik
Best Experimental Short Film at the Bharatha Desam International Film Festival, Chennai
Nominee for Best Experimental International (1:00-5:00 Minutes Category), Couch Film Festival, Toronto
Nominee for Best Experimental and Best Cinematography, Ultra Short Category, Alternative Film Festival, spring edition, Toronto
Special Jury Award, Best Experimental Short Film, Santa Dev International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu
Best One Minute Short Film, Thilsri International Film Festival, Karaikudi
Supply Best video SOS Cinemateque (2022) 1Minuto Festival, São Paulo