Taking the form of a political fable, the documentary fiction Fictio Legis follows the destiny of a convoy of merchandise crossing Germany and on its way knitting together narratives of the European economic realm. As in a role play, several figures connected by a same debt drift from today’s city of Frankfurt towards rural zones where, as if by magic, appear the hundred towers of the medieval city of Bologna.
Virgile Fraisse (born in France in 1990) studied at Otis College (United States) and ensba Paris.
He has namely taken part to exhibitions such as “Hors Pistes” at the Centre Georges Pompidou (2017), the Karachi Biennale (2017), sea-me-we, Clark House Initiative (2017), 61st Salon de Montrouge (2016), “Wicked Problem,” Triangle France
(2016), loop Festival Discovery Award (2015), “Les voyageurs,” Palais des Beaux-Arts (2015).
He will next be presenting his work at the Fondation d’entreprise Ricard and at the Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain 2018.
2009-2014 Diplôme National Supérieur d'Arts Plastiques (DNSAP/Master), Jury Honours, Paris, France.
2013 Exchange Residency Program at Otis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Los Angeles, USA.
Production : Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains
