Roma Aeterna 1, 2 & 3.
The three below works have been inspired by photographs taken in the Jewish ghetto of Rome, IT. They challenge the myth of “The Eternal City”,… Read More »Roma Aeterna 1, 2 & 3.
Urbanities (diptychs)
How is urban resilience related to sustainability? Can we bounce forward after a disaster when everything condemns us to bounce back? Is vulnerability really opposed to resilience?
The series “Urbanities” shows two photographic stages for a given urban space where the sense of vulnerabilities, hazards, and disasters are significant. The first one (D0) is the initial picture illustrating an urban scene. The second one (D+) is produced from the argentic paper pre-cut in the dark room. Some parts will be chemically treated with fixing or developer agents at given dilution and time. Others will be left untreated. The different parts will be reassembled in the dark room before being printed and exposed to daylight, resulting in the D+ picture. The way darkness develops in time for certain parts of D + will highlight the challenges raised by the urban space resilience level in comparison with D0.
D0 and D+ are printed on argentic paper grade Ilford MGRC Deluxe Pearl, 21 x 29,7 cm/ 8,25 × 11,75 in
Orders and disorders of urban resilience.
Investigating the living narratives of Abraxa spaces, D0 outlines the seemingly paradoxical composition between a utilitarian dimension of urbanity and its dystopian environment. On one… Read More »Orders and disorders of urban resilience.
Exploring spirituality in the urban frame.
The sense of belonging, social connectedness and transcendental aspirations may coalesce in a holistic relationship between people and their built environment. Intertwining nature and spirituality… Read More »Exploring spirituality in the urban frame.
How resilient is radical housing?
In the below work, radical housing is seen through the lens of an incongruity: holding legally a vacant private property for speculative reasons when illegal… Read More »How resilient is radical housing?
Impairment.
The below photographic work (*) is the outcome of a stay in Vienna, Austria. At D0, Culture, contaminated by the Covid, is represented by three… Read More »Impairment.
The Sense of Vulnerability.
The below work speaks about our illusions of strength and power and at the same time shaping our vulnerability. Framed by the perspective of a… Read More »The Sense of Vulnerability.
Droughts.
Inspired by South African and French artists, William Kentridge and Anne Kolin, the below work speaks about our consumer-capitalistic society and disconnected behaviors, infringing basic… Read More »Droughts.
A cobble-stoned Parisian alley.
At D0, a Parisian “passage” witnessing the richness of its legacy faces climate change consequences. It seems to be under pressure from the gauze strips… Read More »A cobble-stoned Parisian alley.
Connecting art, urban grid and vulnerability.
At D0, two windows: one is reflecting the outside, operating beyond the frame; the other leaves to imagine the inside mapping of the world. Mullions… Read More »Connecting art, urban grid and vulnerability.
Is NYC retreat inevitable?
At D0, two water tanks on a brownstone building roof reflect in an urban river. The sky threatens Manhattan. Imaginary boats are ready to accost… Read More »Is NYC retreat inevitable?
