‘Comme un désir d'éternité, le show’[Like a desire for eternity, the show]
Now that we call exhibition ‘shows’, it seemed only natural to me to build my exhibition as a show. A show isn't only a series of songs accompanied on a piano, but a performance whose sophisticated arrangement is meant to provoke astonishment and emotion in the spectator.
Here, the songs have been replaced by …
Here, the songs have been replaced by photographs. The gallery turns into a venue as the gallery walls become the scenic space.
Far from being truthful, a show values artifice over emotion. ‘Comme un désir d'éternité, le show’ will act the …