Richard Piegza

Who is Richard Piegza?

Richard Piegza is a Paris-based performer, video, action and installation artist since 1977.

From 1978 to 1982, he created and directed Ambasada Lingua. In 1982, he moved to Paris and, in 1988, he founded the Wizya Video Art Action which organizes and documents artistic events and performances. Each thing makes a different sound and turns round like a sphere; each second a new thing turns. One short-lived action. Since 1979, he has been exploring the setting up of this aleatory score into time and space. In 1992, he funded the short-lived art nomad festival, Flying Carpet. He is in touch with multimedia activities and Polish performance and music festivals.

Since 1991, he has been working on the permanent recording, Remembered Images. He is the author of a movie, Action Art, made in 1997, and a film called Performer's Notebook.

In May 1998, together with Michel Giroud and Charles Dreyfus, he organized a video conference, "DADA-FLUXUS". It was held in George Maciunas's Office in the "Center for Art" in Vilnius. Piegza is also the artistic director of "Interactions" — Art Action Festival — that took place in Piotrków Trybunalski in Poland.