« De la disparition des îles »

"This photographic series encourages us to think of photography as a cartographic tool. We discover maps of islands that have now disappeared: the titles are actually geographical coordinates. Using blue pigments, the artist models these landscape-mirages, using a two-stage shooting protocol. He fixes these islands just before their actual disappearance. The photographic medium and the materials chosen further evoke a fragile, ephemeral character in the face of the test of time. Pigment settles and blows, like a thick aquatic silt that can't turn back. At a time when environmental protection is a major concern, this work challenges our perception of nature and invites us to adopt a preventive approach to its destruction. The work here is the trace of an impossible turning back."

Maxime Kapral-Kastel