« The rug at the foot of the screen invites us to settle down in front of images filmed among the collections of the geology laboratory of Claude Bernard University, Lyon 1. We are accompanied by the voice of a young woman as she explores the mineral collections, moving between classification drawers, research aisles, and memories of a visit to Boolagoorda. We are privy to her inner narrative as she speculates about one’s presence in the world in relation to nature, and the impossibility of independence amongst living forms, whose secret symbiosis is largely indiscernible.
The moving image is at once beautiful, controlled, and altered by the projection canvas, which is made up of several layers—this interweaving of frames transposes a moiré effect onto the projection, whose colours, lights, and flashes oscillate between states. This dialogue between the image and the screen embodies the exhibition’s relationship to interdependence: the fabric completes the projection effect, while the image cannot become discernible without its supportive screen that nonetheless modifies it. In a way, it’s akin to the symbiotic relationship in the natural world that Boolagoorda is grounded in, an interrelated evolution of species sustaining each other. » [...] — Xavier Jullien ｜↗ read the full text