Jean Michel Bruyère, born 1959, lives and works in Dakar as filmmaker, director, writer, sculptor, photographer and graphic artist. He is founding and artistic director of "la fabriks" [Groupe dIntervention Artistique Internationale - international artists intervention group], and director of the art school "Ecole d'art Man-Keneen-Ki" in Dakar. Bruyère teaches at different institutions, and has realised several works, partly commisioned by institutions in France and Germany. He is the founder and director of the recent LFK 1314, Electronic Theater of Marseille.