EXPOSITION “INVISIBLES ?”

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An encounter between two artists: Marie Frécon and Bruno Wagner. Through their photographic installations, a visual interplay is created between the visible and the invisible, the real and the unreal, the imaginary and photographic reality. Nature is called upon to bear witness, offering us a sen…

‘THE BIRD CHAPEL’ by Marie Frécon

‘A Bird Chapel for species facing extinction … Here, birds and the whole of nature are placed in a realm of the sacred and the light – a way of honouring them. To see more clearly, one must draw closer, slip behind the light, and catch a glimpse of new realms made up of traces that we hope will endure …”

‘HIDDEN FOLKS’ by Bruno Wagner

In English, ‘hidden’ means concealed and ‘folks’ means people. The Huldufólk, an Icelandic term literally meaning ‘hidden people’ in English, comprises creatures from the legends and beliefs of Icelandic folklore. It all began during a trip to Iceland, the land of the elves, where I did not encounter them. It was later, in France and elsewhere, that they appeared to me. Since then, I have continued to seek them out… The four elements of nature – water, fire, earth and air – are present in these images, which, like Rorschach blots, become a mirror of our vision. They reveal phantasmagorical beings and figures, animals,

manga characters…

This is close to pareidolia, a mental process whereby, when faced with visual stimuli, we recognise familiar shapes in elements that are, in fact, random. We then discover a world where the supernatural comes to life, where dreams and nightmares blend in a symphony of the imagination. All this stems from simple photographs capturing the reality and beauty of this world.