Description

Paysage nocturne II is video projection loop. It begins with a shadow profile of a man’s head. A woman’s hand enters the frame at the base of the profile’s head and slowly traces the outline of the shadow.


Statement

Paysage nocturne II is one of two works, Paysage nocturne I and Paysage nocturne II created for the group exhibition, En obscurité curated by Aseman Sabat and presented at Les Territoires, Montreal in 2011.

I was thinking about the Greek myth of the origins of painting. Dibutades, a young woman in Corinth was looking for a way to preserve the image of her lover who was leaving on a long voyage. With the help of a lamp, casting the shadow of his profile on the wall, she traced the outline of his face.

Karen Trask, 2024



Exhibition History

En obscurité
group
November 19 – December 17, 2011
Galerie les territoires, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Curator(s)
Aseman Sabet
Other Artist(s)
Mathieu Beauséjour, Mathieu Latulipe, Emmanuelle Léonard, Jean-François Lauda

Publications

Obscurité à la galerie les Territoires : Cécité éclairante
Nicolas Mavrikakis (2011). VOIR, Montréal, Québec, 24 novembre 2011.
En obscurité : une exposition qui sonde les coins et recoins de la pénombre
Marie-Éve Charron (2010). Le Devoir, samedi 19 et dimanche 20 novembre, 2011.