La Chute 2005-2006
La Chute 2005-2006
Sans titre (Biarritz) 2006
La Chute 2005-2006
I have posted about Denis's work before but i feel that it has become even more relevant as more work progress's down a similar sort of path at the moment. Denis works with dancers and models to create these ghostly floating images of people in urban (and indoor) environments. I find his work really interesting but... i dunno it sounds really arrogant but i feel like there is something missing from them? perhaps it the flat colours of the works. There are no shadows and the outdoor works in the La Chute series are all shot in very flat industrial spaces. They contain very monochromatic colours, and perhaps this was the point he is making about urban space but i prefer images that have some sort of Pop... hmmm
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'Leap into the Void,' Yves Klein
Hi Alex, I think it's really relevant for you to revisit this. One thing that strikes me is that although you're talking about some similar and related issues, you're coming from very different perspectives. Denis is talking about North African immigrants in the suburbs of Paris,(I think?!) who are disinfranchised from both their home continent and their new one. (I believe in reaction to this news event in 2005: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/paris_riots/)(FYI - search for other stories, this is by no means representative of the whole situation!) For me, the flatness of Darzacq's images, and the lack of shadow (and therefore perhaps 'soul' if you reference the mirror, the camera in relation to the theft of the soul) are a reference to the subjects NOT being a part of the (URBAN) landscape, not feeling like a part of the suburb, or 'home' in which they live - they DON'T 'belong'.
So I'm thinking out loud...but be interesting to know what you think!???
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