project

Les chasseurs

Marie Voignier

10.01.2013 - 23.02.2013, opening 10.01.2013



Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Les chasseurs
Exhibition view
Un peu comme un miroir, 2012
Marie Voignier
Un peu comme un miroir, 2012
HD video
17 min
ed 5 + 1
Le terrain était déjà occupé (le futur), 2012
Marie Voignier
Le terrain était déjà occupé (le futur), 2012
HD video
17 min
ed 5 + 1
production Biennale de Rennes and FRAC Bretagne
Les Immobiles, 2013
Marie Voignier
Les Immobiles, 2013
HD film
14 min 54
ed 5 + 1
Collection FRAC Poitou Charentes et MNAM


-Have you ever seen a giraffe run?

Your films, Marie, are remarkably singular insofar as they know how to entertain a certain distance with what is being filmed. You create this distance, but what is surprising is the step back that you manage to take, in the heart of action, when it's not only about using a text to comment on images but to cater to a craving for adventure. You act as a simple "transmitter" who watches, listens, adapts, joins the crowd and, in turn, is observed. There is no judgement, no empathy in your films, but a lot of space is offered to those who express themselves "the sensitive travellers in an extremely codified world" while simple, uncontrollable things are moving around. The subjects of your [...]