On January 3, 2009, someone named Satoshi Nakamoto launched bitcoin, the very first decentralized and reliable cryptocurrency. In 2011, he disappeared. Since then, his identity is the subject of wild speculation. The Satoshi Mystery – at the Origins of Bitcoin is a documentary series exploring Bitcoin’s creator identity.
Direction: Rémi Forte
Screenwriting: Julien Goetz
Artistic direction: Victorien Aubineau
Production: IKO, Igal Kohen & Léonie Schmidtmer
Other: Antoine Kerninon, Kevin Charvot, Grégoire Terrier & Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC)
In co-production with Arte France
This creation is part of the “Unlock, une sélection d’oeuvres à découvrir sur mobiles” catalog initiated by the Institut Français.
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Rémi Forte is a graphic and typeface designer, as well as a poet. He currently resides in Lyon. He holds diplomas from the Atelier national de recherche typographique (ANRT, Nancy), the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (Ensba Lyon), and the École Estienne (Paris). His work lies at the intersection between contemporary poetic practices and typography. He is currently developing—within the research unit TransCrit, and under the supervision of Vincent Broqua—a practice-based research thesis entitled, Poetic Program, Typographic System, which is an examination of the tensions that exist between poetic writing, typographic composition, and typeface design. Since 2019, he manages the French type of foundry 205TF and he teaches typography at the Strate Design School in Lyon.
On January 3, 2009, someone named Satoshi Nakamoto launched bitcoin, the very first decentralized and reliable cryptocurrency. In 2011, he disappeared. Since then, his identity is the subject of wild speculation. The Satoshi Mystery – at the Origins of Bitcoin is a documentary series exploring Bitcoin’s creator identity.
Direction: Rémi Forte
Screenwriting: Julien Goetz
Artistic direction: Victorien Aubineau
Production: IKO, Igal Kohen & Léonie Schmidtmer
Other: Antoine Kerninon, Kevin Charvot, Grégoire Terrier & Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC)
In co-production with Arte France
This creation is part of the “Unlock, une sélection d’oeuvres à découvrir sur mobiles” catalog initiated by the Institut Français.
Website
www.ifchypre.org
Instagram
www.instagram.com/institutfrancaischypre
Facebook
www.facebook.com/francechypre
Rémi Forte is a graphic and typeface designer, as well as a poet. He currently resides in Lyon. He holds diplomas from the Atelier national de recherche typographique (ANRT, Nancy), the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (Ensba Lyon), and the École Estienne (Paris). His work lies at the intersection between contemporary poetic practices and typography. He is currently developing—within the research unit TransCrit, and under the supervision of Vincent Broqua—a practice-based research thesis entitled, Poetic Program, Typographic System, which is an examination of the tensions that exist between poetic writing, typographic composition, and typeface design. Since 2019, he manages the French type of foundry 205TF and he teaches typography at the Strate Design School in Lyon.
