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Which reactions can take place at a given location?
The Basis:
Surroundings with architectural elements of indeterminate function.
The camera.
Me, as actor.
Other actors, if applicable.
The Rules:
Try, through movement and speech, to claim the space.
The action is spontaneous.
Events remain open to interpretation.
Open house
The concrete blocks under a motorway bridge recall fragments of a house. A figure undergoes emotional states in full view of the video camera, as in a reality show. She attempts to measure the space, inhabits it and becomes part of the site.
Stacking Investigations
Stacked slabs have created open surfaces and gaps. I wanted to plumb these spaces, asserting my presence here. A figure with varying functions and identities investigates, tests, consults and presents, using language to distance herself from this immovable complex.
Modular Living
A hostess praises an ideal lifestyle: a handful of elements generate unimagined possibilities, a liberating system. From the desire to convince others or with the job of convincing them, she veers from natural to stylised behaviour.
Showdown
This scene arose after multiple filming sessions in a side-room of a former supermarket. A lectern behind a Perspex wall inspired me to create the figure of a manager giving a speech.
Chamber Performance Perfect Pitch
Taking the role of a real estate agent, I explain the possibilities of an interior with undefined yet flexible furnishing elements.
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Annegret Suaudeau
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