“In all we do, there is always a kinder way to do it.”
In addition to pursuing an artistic career, Ivan has been involved most of his life in academic research and teaching, in particular in art and philosophy. In fact, art and research are now totally interconnected for him. His art feeds his research and his research feeds his art. His main research topics are the creative process, creativity, and innovation. He approaches them from different angles and through various paradigms: practice as research, phenomenology, enaction, pedagogy, aesthetics, criticism, artificial intelligence, psychology, and so on. This page gives an account of some of his academic achievements.
CURRICULUM VITÆ
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7935-1617
My publications on Chapman Digital Commons - My publications on HAL - My publications on this site
• EDUCATION
2023 HDR (French accreditation to supervise research) in Art and Philosophy, University of Lorraine, Metz, France
2020 Psychoanalysis Training, International Lacanian Association, Paris, France
2019 Bachelor, Psychology, Paris VIII University, France
2007 Master, Acting, Actors Studio Drama School, The New School, NY, USA
1997 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Télécom Paris Tech, France, summa cum laude
1996 Master, Phonetics, Paris III University, France
1993 Master, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Paris XI University, France
1992 Engineer (Bachelor), Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENSEA, France
• CURRENT POSITION
2023 — Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
• PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2020 — 2023 Affiliated Scholar, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2019 — 2023 Researcher with CNRS, PRISM Laboratory, Marseille, France
2010 – 2018 Researcher with CNRS, ACTE Laboratory, Paris, France
2008 – 2009 Associate Professor, University of Évry, France
2007 – 2008 Independent Researcher, Paris, France
2001 – 2004 Researcher with CNRS, DDL Laboratory, Lyon, France
2000 – 2001 Associate Professor, University of Avignon, France
1999 – 2000 Associate Researcher, IRISA, Rennes, France
1998 – 1999 Associate Researcher, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
1997 – 1998 Researcher at Bell Labs, AT&T, New Jersey, USA
• DISTINCTIONS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2023 – Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2020 – 2023 Affiliated Scholar, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2004 – 2006 Scholarship, Actors Studio Drama School, The New School, NY, USA
2000 – 2001 Research fellowship, University of Avignon, France
1993 – 1996 Doctoral fellowship, Télécom Paris Tech, France
• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2002 — Supervision of 1 Post-doctoral fellow, Lyon, France
1997 — Supervision of 3 PhD students, Rennes/Lyon/Paris, France
2000 — Member of 2 PhD committees, Paris, France
2001 — Supervision of 13 Masters Degree Theses, Lyon/Marseille, France & Orange, California, USA
• TEACHING ACTIVITIES (recent, selection)
Recent interventions in colleagues’ classes: Music Composition, MBA class on AI and New Technologies, Dance Improvisation, …
2024 Course: How Art Can Help Us Save the Planet - Art and Ethics @ Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2023 Course: How Art Can Help Us Save the Planet - Art and Ethics @ Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2023 Course: Creativity and Innovation @ EFAP, Aix-en-Provence, France
2022 Course: Storytelling @ EFAP, Aix-en-Provence, France
2022 Course: Creativity and Innovation @ EFAP, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021 Course: AI and Creativity @ International Summer School on AI, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
2021 Course: AI and Creativity @ Master in Computational Creativity, University of Toulouse, France
2021 Course: Color Grading @ École Kourtrajmé (Film School), Marseille, France
2020 Course: Why Do We Like What We Like - Criticism and Aesthetics @ Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2019 Course: Directing Actors, Srinakharinwirot University (Film Division), Bangkok, Thailand
2019 Course: Screenwriting/Directing, ESRA (Film School), Paris
• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (recent, selection)
2024 International Symposium “ETES 2024: Teaching Ecological and Social Transitions in Higher Education”, Bordeaux, France. Member of the Scientific Committee. (150 participants)
2023 International Symposium “ETES 2023: Teaching Ecological and Social Transitions in Higher Education”, Paris, France. Member of the Scientific Committee. (120 participants)
2022 International Symposium “Pierre Vermersch’s contribution to the study of subjectivity”, Marseille, France. Co-director of the Symposium. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (85 participants)
2022 International Symposium “The Relevance of Francisco Varela’s Work Today”, Cerisy, France. Co-director of the Symposium. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (75 participants)
2020 Workshop “Collaborative Methods in Research and Creation”, Marseille, France. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (40 participants)
2019 International Conference CMMR 2019 (“Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research”), Marseille, France. Paper Chair and Member of the Reading Committee. (150 participants)
2015 International Symposium “The Science of Joint Improvisation”, Paris, France. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (40 participants)
2014 International Symposium “The Creative Process in the Performative, Visual, and Sound Arts”, Paris, France. Director of the Symposium. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (40 participants)
2013 International Symposium “IDEA PARIS 2013”, Paris, France. Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committees. (1500 participants)
• INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (selection)
2024 – Founder and Organizer of the “Germinals” Seminar, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
2021 – 2023 Founder and Organizer of the Seminar “Les JEUDIS de PRISM”, PRISM Laboratory, Marseille, France
2017 – 2022 Co-Founder and Member of the task force “Theory and Practice”, EASTAP (“European Association for the Study of Theater and Performance”), Europe
2016 – 2017 Founder and Organizer of the Seminar “Phenomenology of Creation”, ACTE Laboratory, Paris, France
2015 Founder and Organizer of the Seminar “Experimental Aesthetics”, ACTE Laboratory, Paris, France
2012 – 2015 Member of the Executive Committee, ACTE Laboratory, Paris, France
2010 – 2018 Graduate Students Advisor, ACTE Laboratory, Paris 1 University, France
2010 – 2015 Founder and Director of the Research Team “Aesthetics of Performing Arts”, ACTE Laboratory, Paris, France
2001 – 2004 Graduate Students Advisor, DDL Laboratory, Lyon 2 University, France
• REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
2024 — Co-founder of the journal JEESES (Teaching Socio-Ecological Issues in Higher Education), member of the editorial committee.
2024 — Member of the editorial committee of the journal Art and Science.
2014 — Founder and Director of Publication of p-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e, 8 volumes edited or co-edited, member of the scientific and reading committees.
1995 – 2004 Regular reviewer for: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal on Applied Signal Processing.
• MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2024 — Member of the North American Committee of IACAET (International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy).
2024 — Co-founder and member of the nonprofit organization ERA (Environment, Resilience, and Action).
2024 — Co-founder and member of the nonprofit organization EESES (Teaching Socio-Ecological Issues in Higher Education).
2021 — Member, “APA” (“American Philosophical Association”), USA
2020 — Member, CNRS Research Network “LABOS1POINT5”, Working Groups “Arts&Sciences” (founder), “Pedagogy”, Paris, France
2020 — 2024 Member, CNRS Research Network “LABOS1POINT5”, Working Groups “Carbon Footprint”, “Communication”, Paris, France
2020 — 2023 Member, CNRS Research Network “Internet, AI, and Society”, Working Groups “AI, Art, and Creativity”, Paris, France
2020 – 2021 Member, “SPSCVA” (“Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts”), USA
2018 — Member, “SFCC” (French Association of Film Critics) and “FIPRESCI” (International Federation of Film Critics)
2017 — 2023 Founding Member, EASTAP (“European Association for the Study of Theater and Performance”), Europe
2016 — Member of the Executive Committee, Research Network “GREX2” (“Research Group on Explicitation”), Paris, France
• MAJOR COLLABORATIONS (recent, selection)
Nick Terry, Creativity and Free Will, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
Marco Panza and Giulio Ongaro, Criticism and Aesthetics, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
Allen Weiss, Richard Schechner, Diana Taylor, Performance Studies, New York University, New York, USA
Jennifer Brody, Performance Studies, Stanford University, California, USA
• CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA (recent, selection) more
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “How Art Can Help Us Save the Planet”. International Symposium “ETES 2024: Teaching Ecological and Social Transitions in Higher Education”. July 9th and 10th, 2024 in Bordeaux, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Creativity in Focus: Phenomenology, Enaction, and Collaboration with Artificial Intelligence”. The International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy Webinar Series. July 17th, 2024 in New York, USA.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau and Javier Elipe Gimeno. “Creativity in Art and Science: the Contribution of Artificial Intelligence”. The Germinals Seminar. April 24th, 2024 at Chapman University, Orange, California, USA.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Can An Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Be Creative?”. International symposium “Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Creation”, organized on November 22nd, 2023 by The French Institue in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Creation: a Project, some Questions”. International symposium “Digital Humanities II: Artificial Intelligence & Artistic and Literary Creations”, organized from November 24th to November 25th, 2022 in Valenciennes, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Studying The Creative Process from a Phenomenological Point of View Using the Explicitation Interview and Auto-Explicitation”. International symposium “The lived experience as a Way to Understand and Transform”, organized from November 10th to November 11th, 2022 in Paris, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “The Role of Auto-Explicitation in Research”. International symposium “Pierre Vermersch's Contribution to the Study of Subjectivity”, organized from October 13th to October 14th, 2022 in Marseille, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Being in Evocation: the Explicitation Interview and Method Acting”. International symposium “Pierre Vermersch's Contribution to the Study of Subjectivity”, organized from October 13th to October 14th, 2022 in Marseille, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Approaching Enaction and Autopoiesis from a Phenomenological Point of View in Artistic Creation and Pedagogy”. International symposium “Francisco Varela, a topical thinker for today”, organized from August 13th to August 19th, 2022 in Cerisy, France.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “A Phenomenological Approach to Color Theory and Aesthetics”. International conference AIC 2022, organized from June 13th to June 16th, 2022 in Toronto, Canada.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Artistic Workshops with patients of a Psychiatric Day Hospital in France”. International symposium on Performance Science ISPS 2021, organized from October 27th to October 30th, 2021 in Montreal, Canada.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “A Phenomenological and Enactive Approach of Intermedial Visual Contagions”. International symposium “Visual Contagions through the Lens of New Media”, organized from September 13th to September 15th, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Handling Color in Photography and Film: From Photo Retouching to Color Grading”. International conference AIC 2021, organized from August 30th to September 3rd, 2021 in Milan, Italy.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Création énactive et pédagogie énactive : expérimentations, bilan, perspective, prospective”. International symposium “Sciences cognitives : du computationnalisme aux théories énactives”, organized from August 23rd to August 27th, 2021 in Montreal, Canada. Invited conference.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “The Enactive Nature of the Relationship between Film Criticism and Film Aesthetics: From Practice to Theory to Pedagogy”. International symposium “Film and Philosophy Workshop”, organized from July 9th to July 10th, 2021 online.
Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau. “Reflections on creation research, practice-led research, and practice as research: pushing against institutional limits”. International symposium “MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium”, organized from June 21st to June 25th, 2021 in Southhampton, UK. recording of my presentation site of the symposium