L'Ecole des Pickpockets
Sven Augustijnen
The filmmaker focuses on a daily and well-known hassle in public spaces, namely the phenomenon of pickpockets.
Two professional thieves give a master-class in the art of pickpocketism in front of the camera. A video between fiction and reality.
Concept, image, editing Sven Augustijnen
L'Ecole des Pickpockets has been on display at the following locations:
Kunst Raum
Riehen, (CH)
Sep 13–Nov 3 2019
Université de
Nantes, (FR)
Nov 28–Dec 13 2017
LEGTA Bel air
Fontenay-le-Comte, (FR)
Mar 6–Apr 4 2017
Centre Rhénan d'Art Contemporain
Altkirch, (FR)
Oct 16 2016–Jan 15 2017
Centro Universitário Maria Antonia USP
São Paulo, (BR)
Mar 1–Mar 3 2016
Pôle culturel des Ursulines
Château-Gontier, (FR)
Jul 3–Aug 30 2015
Galeria Vermelho
Sao Paulo, (BR)
Aug 27–Sep 21 2013
Huis Marseille, Museum voor Fotografie
Amsterdam, (NL)
Sep 14–Dec 9 2012
Art Brussels - ING
Brussel, (BE)
Apr 19–Apr 22 2012
FIAC
Paris, (FR)
Monday, Oct 24 2011
OCA
Oslo, (NO)
Thursday, Sep 22 2011
Witte de With
Rotterdam, (NL)
Sep 3–Nov 27 2011
16th Line Gallery
Rostov-on-Don, (RU)
Jun 13–Jul 7 2011
MAS
Antwerpen, (BE)
May 17 2011–Dec 30 2012
Les Laboratoires d'
Aubervilliers, (FR)
Monday, Jun 21 2010
National Art Museum of China
Bejing, (CN)
May 1–May 30 2010
Witte de With
Rotterdam, (NL)
Thursday, Feb 4 2010
IFFR
Rotterdam, (NL)
Thursday, Jan 28 2010
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
Warschau, (PL)
Nov 16 2009–Jan 10 2010
National Museum
Singapore, (SG)
Aug 13–Oct 4 2009
Le Cuvier
Bordeaux, (FR)
May 15–May 19 2009
Shanghai Art Museum
Shanghai, (CN)
Apr 30–Jun 21 2009
Marres & Lumière
Maastricht, (NL)
Mar 26–Mar 29 2009
The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum
St-Louis, (US)
Saturday, Feb 21 2009
The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum
St-Louis, (US)
Saturday, Feb 14 2009
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Stuttgart, (DE)
May 30–Aug 3 2008