by Gwen Gerard

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ANTRE TROIS

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The "Antre Trois" installation consists of three iron structures in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, 1m 86 high x 0.64m x 0.35m, they are covered with fabric and evoke a human stature. On their frontal side and at the level of their upper part, an orifice, at the appropriate height, allows the spectator to insert their head there, to see and listen with headphones to the "Déjà vu" 1, 2 and 3 videos. Images formatted according to three circles scroll through the through an aquarium filled with water and follow the notes of the sonata “Au Clair de Lune”. Composed by Ludwig von Beethoven in three movements with different rhythms, they correspond, in this installation, to the three different structures, thus giving them a defined meaning of reading 1, 2 and 3. More or less fast flanges, the images of these videos are extracted from cinematographic or personal archives located approximately before and during the second world. Brief shots of bombings, of the A-bomb, of hospitals, of the Logo tree drawing published in 1921 about the concept of eugenics, of Luis Bunuel's "Andalou Dog", of black and white family photos : these are incessant comings and goings between individual and collective history. On the surface of the water floats small similar figurines, representing a woman with a child in transparent plastic that a small fan makes drift; some have sunk and lie at the bottom of the aquarium. One of the peculiarities of this installation lies in its final form revealed by the spectator. Indeed, when they introduce their head, they enter into symbiosis with the structure to transform it.

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