The project follows an invitation from Lawrence Seigelstein and Jeumon Art Plastique. A collective of artists at work in St Denis de la Réunion. I was there for an exhibition at Leo Dierx Museum, led by François Cheval and the preparation a collection of a books « Carnets de voyages» (Travel Notebooks) initiated by Marcel Tavé, director of FRAC Reunion. A kind of ideal meeting between all the structures of the country, the museum, the collection at work in the territory and the associative structure, managed by some of the artists from  L’lle ...

« Atterrissage Forcé » (Emergency Landing)  consists of various furniture, car, covered with white painted cloth, ... illuminated by UV bulbs, called black light ... I asked to be able to reconstruct the inside of a house that has been abandoned by its occupants ... a living ,memory waiting to for someone to return…

 

1995 > Bricoler l’incurable. Détails. Atterrissage forcé (Emergency Landing), Jeumon Art plastique, St-Denis de La Réunion. Curator  : Laurent Seigelstein