Period 2 / 2001-2003
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At the turn of the millennium, stable definitions began to waver, our fixed conceptions of human societies, anchored in their geographical territory, shifted. I erased cultural references, using the most ordinary sheet sewn with coarse threads to fashion a human body envelope. The installation ‘Les fouleurs’ is a choreography of unstable bodies inscribed within reduced perimeters. With the work ‘Suspensions’, I signified emptiness and erasure with the precarious balance of bodies.
Les fouleurs / 2001
Sheet, jute on resin-coated shell, 190 x 230 cm
This group of three bodies is a choreography of unstable bodies inscribed within reduced perimeters. Like a vacillating circle, their relationship to the ground underlines the precariousness of their balance. Their discolored body envelope suggests the blurring of differences.
Suspensions / 2001
Cloth, jute on resin-coated shell, 203 x 150 x 40
Three figures appear in the form of suspended, empty busts, with closed eyes. The connection to the ground is absent or lost. The physical impulse, present until then, begins to dissolve here, leading to the disappearance of the total representation of the human body. It is now nothing more than a suspension within expectation.
Face / Dos, 2001
Sheet on resin-coated shell, 146 x 83 x 35
A collision of histories unfolded on September 11, 2001, with the collision of two planes into the twin towers in Manhattan. The idea of globalization was shaken, as was the idea of claiming to be a citizen of the world. The era of turf wars was echoed by the collapse of symbols visually disseminated worldwide. While globalization continued under the guise of a redistribution of the planet’s wealth, breaking free of state borders, this event tightened them, widened them, and amplified controls to filter out suspects.
