manifesto of fragility – A World of Endless Promise
Aurélie Pétrel –Minuit chez Roland [31 décembre], 2022
2024
70 glass panels (classic lenses, Mirastar lenses, photographic Picture-It lenses) and steel structures
Venue
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Lyon
Born 1980 in Lyon, France. Lives and works
in Paris and Romme, France, and in Geneva, Switzerland.
Working at the intersection of photography, objects and space, Aurélie Pétrel expresses herself through various spatial systems. The installation Minuit chez Roland [31 décembre] unwinds in the form of a glass labyrinth that features shots blending documentary and fiction, and history and current affairs. Borrowing its title from the first words of a personal diary found by the artist in Beirut, the piece takes as its startingpoint this object, which belonged to Jeanne, a woman from Lyon who moved to Beirut in 1958. Informed by field work combining photography, interviews with Lebanese, and documentary research of the political context, the piece consists of large glass panels of photographs in which Beirut’s painful history is hinted at, neither opaque nor transparent. The public are invited to become lost in this maze of personal stories, in turn experiencing fragility and strength.
Also on view at the Parc-LPA République and the Parc de la Tête d’Or.
Commission for the 16th edition of the Biennale de Lyon
Courtesy of the artist et Ceysson & Bénétière
With the support of Artproject, Arioste Immobilier, Ceysson & Benetière, Saint-Gobain -
Alp’Verre
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