The video diptych presented here, entitled Remembering the Light, was created in 2016. With a restrained dramaturgy, the images develop a double narrative. Five characters dive and let themselves go down, evoking the uncertain fate of those who cross the seas. In these depths a submerged city appears, evidence of war, such as military vehicles and others strange ruins. On the parallel screen, a multi-coloured scarf, plunges slowly into the water.
The images in dialogue invite the exploration of a singular field of perception : in the sea depths, the spectrum of colours shrinks to complete darkness. The colours change and disappear one after another: first the red, then orange, yellow, green and finally blue, before complete darkness, black. The divers coloured clothes, the rainbow scarf which has fallen in the water, thus lose the vibrancy of their hues as they sink and reveals its luminescence.
Musée national Pablo Picasso
La Guerre et la Paix
Place de la Libération
06220 Vallauris
The video diptych presented here, entitled Remembering the Light, was created in 2016. With a restrained dramaturgy, the images develop a
double narrative. Five characters dive and let themselves go down, evoking the uncertain fate of those who cross the seas. In these depths a
submerged city appears, evidence of war, such as military vehicles and other strange ruins. On the parallel screen, a multi-coloured scarf,
plunges slowly into the water.
These images in dialogue invite the exploration of a singular field of perception: in the sea depths, the spectrum of colours shrinks to
complete darkness. The colours change and disappear one after another: first the red, then orange, yellow, green and finally blue, before
complete darkness, black. The divers? coloured clothes, the rainbow scarf which has fallen in the water, thus lose the vibrancy of their hues as
they sink into the abyss. But if the submarine depths are illuminated, the plankton remembers the light and reveals its luminescence. Turning
its back on a literal interpretation, the poetry of the images thus questions our perceptual habits. Nevertheless, the latent tragedy is
interrupted by a re-ascent towards the light, a salutary impetus towards the surface.
The video diptych presented here, entitled Remembering the Light, was created in 2016. With a restrained dramaturgy, the images develop a
double narrative. Five characters dive and let themselves go down, evoking the uncertain fate of those who cross the seas. In these depths a
submerged city appears, evidence of war, such as military vehicles and other strange ruins. On the parallel screen, a multi-coloured scarf,
plunges slowly into the water.
These images in dialogue invite the exploration of a singular field of perception: in the sea depths, the spectrum of colours shrinks to
complete darkness. The colours change and disappear one after another: first the red, then orange, yellow, green and finally blue, before
complete darkness, black. The divers? coloured clothes, the rainbow scarf which has fallen in the water, thus lose the vibrancy of their hues as
they sink into the abyss. But if the submarine depths are illuminated, the plankton remembers the light and reveals its luminescence. Turning
its back on a literal interpretation, the poetry of the images thus questions our perceptual habits. Nevertheless, the latent tragedy is
interrupted by a re-ascent towards the light, a salutary impetus towards the surface.
The video diptych presented here, entitled Remembering the Light, was created in 2016. With a restrained dramaturgy, the images develop a
double narrative. Five characters dive and let themselves go down, evoking the uncertain fate of those who cross the seas. In these depths a
submerged city appears, evidence of war, such as military vehicles and other strange ruins. On the parallel screen, a multi-coloured scarf,
plunges slowly into the water.
These images in dialogue invite the exploration of a singular field of perception: in the sea depths, the spectrum of colours shrinks to
complete darkness. The colours change and disappear one after another: first the red, then orange, yellow, green and finally blue, before
complete darkness, black. The divers? coloured clothes, the rainbow scarf which has fallen in the water, thus lose the vibrancy of their hues as
they sink into the abyss. But if the submarine depths are illuminated, the plankton remembers the light and reveals its luminescence. Turning
its back on a literal interpretation, the poetry of the images thus questions our perceptual habits. Nevertheless, the latent tragedy is
interrupted by a re-ascent towards the light, a salutary impetus towards the surface.