Anchored in ideas around deep time (which can be loosely defined as a geological history of the planet), paleoclimatology (the study of past climates) and relational geographies, Noémie Goudal’s complex and performative series of films and constructed photographs reflect on the inter-connectedness of human and non-human life. Knitting together lush vegetation, rocky coastlines, snow-capped mountains and swamplands, her latest body of work explores spatiotemporal vastness and post-anthropocentric modalities of belonging. Goudal’s poetic film Inhale Exhale, 2021, considers how the Earth is in a state of perpetual movement by depicting an unspecified equatorial landscape that was once part of the arctic environment in a constant state of transition. Meanwhile, her series Phoenix, from which the exhibition takes its name, deploys optical illusion and altered realities to question photography’s indexicality as a marker of truth. Ultimately, Goudal’s theatrical work marks a philosophical shift in our approach to ecology and an awareness of how he Earth’s temporal rhythms are critical for planetary survival.
EXHIBITION CURATOR: ALONA PARDO.
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE LES FILLES DU CALVAIRE GALLERY, PARIS, AND THE EDEL ASSANTI GALLERY, LONDON.
AS AN ECHO TO THIS EXHIBITION, THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON, INVITE YOU TO DISCOVER ANIMA, A PERFORMANCE DIRECTED BY NOÉMIE GOUDAL AND MAËLLE POÉSY AT THE COLLECTION LAMBERT, AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON, FROM JULY 8 TO 16.
ÉGLISE DES TRINITAIRES
4 JULY – 28 AUGUST 2022
10.00 AM – 07.30 PM
https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/1046/noemie-goudal
