The third edition of the festival Circulation(s) opened this weekend in snowy Paris. Assocation Fetart president Marion Hislen pointed out, photography installations are more prevalent than ever before. Recent École des Gobelins graduate Thomas Martin has arranged his photographs like a crime scene, while Susanna Pozzoli unveiled a wardrobe full of memories.
At the Trianon exhibition space, we were greeted by the animals of Klaus Pichler. “It’s somewhat facile,” a photographer whispered to me. Perhaps, but it’s also difficult to take your eyes off it. Selected by François Cheval, Morgane Denzler is presenting her work for the first time. Her photographs were taken on the streets of Beirut, and are displayed here glued to large cubes. A little further on, we find Carlos Ayesta and Guillaume Bression’s work on irradiated areas of Fukushima. I wondered about its presentation, a large hanging curtain with slits. Ayesta explained that the form reflected the transgressive nature of their reporting. “We shot this series in six weeks,” he said. “But we had to go back several times because the police didn’t want us there.”
Among the themes of this year’s festival, we noticed several pieces revolving around death, grief and memory. Nolwenn Brod and Marie Gruel both made works in response to the death of their fathers. Virginie Rebetez’s photographed garments offer a cold vision of death reminiscent of Boltanski. Valentina Vannicola took inspiration from Dante’s Inferno, while Sarah Carp traced her Irish roots.
Juliette Deschodt
Read the full article on the French version of Le Journal.
FESTIVAL
Festival Circulation(s)
February 22 – March 31, 2013
Parc de Bagatelle
Paris, France
