Au sol camaïeux divers verts et marrons. Un rayon se pose. Mordoré. Rosy-Blue apparaît

The installation proposes a liminal space, one that appeals to multiple senses. The sound is broadcast through the entirety of the exposition space and not only in the projection area. It does not directly accompany the images; it occupies the space and in so doing reveals it, gives it a new materiality. The sound places us in a specific state of perception. It constructs a path in which we re-encounter one of the forms present in the film. This form is an architectural outgrowth, a protuberance that takes on the characteristics of one of the filmed sculptures. Sometimes one of the dancers appears. Here, the sculptural form, the sound, and the performance play on the link between space and fiction (the film’s time) and the exhibition space (the present time, the spectator’s time). The spectator might wonder – if the effect is successful – in which space and time he is situated. 

The project was originally conceived as a simultaneous projection in Senegal and in France, with the simultaneity acting as the project’s heart. It has now multiplied into several versions. At each new exposition, the installation changes. 

Au sol camaïeux divers verts et marrons. Un rayon se pose. Mordoré. Rosy-Blue apparaît [Against the shaded ground, various greens and blues, a ray falls, bronzed. Rosy-blue appears] , 2016

Film, 2K color, 17’, sculptures, performance
Project developed in collaboration with Amélie Giacomini
This film is a polyphonic project conceived around four sculptures, two dancers, a sky, an island, and a few trees. It was initially presented simultaneously as a performed video installation in two different locations: in Dakar during the 2016 edition of the Biennial, and at BF15, a contemporary art space in Lyon. Simultaneity was at the heart of the project, which later unfolded into several versions. With each new exhibition, the installation changes. With Anna Gaïotti and Mbarou Ndiaye. DOP: Antoine Waterkeyn Sound: Raffaele Grimaldi. The project was supported by CNC / Dicréam, ADERA, the Ars Ultima Stein & Guillot Foundation, and the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici.

Pictures
1. Au sol camaïeux [...], exhibition view, BF15, Lyon, 2016
2-7. Au sol camaïeux divers verts et marrons [...], stills from the movie
8. Do disturb, exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, 2016