Media arts program of the Francofest festival Cinéfranco

In an airy scenography, the works in this group show, presented using video mapping techniques, play with introspection and interiority.

Tchayé Briat and Shawn Grenier discuss the artist’s solitude in the face of the creative process, which is often more alienating than gratifying. How does one find legitimacy as an artist? This is a question that runs through Grenier’s short film, showing how the artist must constantly justify his or her work, as well as Briat’s, whose protagonist is confronted with blank-page syndrome. Marthe Lenoir is also affected by this issue. As she doesn’t see herself as marginalized, she decides to highlight the only aspect of her life that she considers to be on the margins: her long-distance relationship with her partner.

Lucie Bedet also talks about interiority and creation. She sees the margins in the elements of everyday life, in the noises that forge us but which we tend to neglect, yet which constitute a great creative force for artists. She wonders about our place in our environment, which has a definite influence on our inner life. Isabelle Michaud evokes our physical interiority through the pleural space, the place in the human body where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. We’re constantly moving from one state to another; the movement of life coexists with that of death.

Finally, Madi Piller‘s abstract, plastic work speaks of permutations and infinite multiplications: doesn’t this reflect the very essence of life, our environment and what constitutes us internally?

The artists featured in this video exhibition have all chosen to place sound at the heart of their work. Margin is expressed through the sound of fingers striking a keyboard, whether computer or telephone, through anguished, melancholy soundtracks, or through everyday or familiar sounds, such as the voice of a loved one.