Work from the Collection

Amos' World: Episode One

Artist: C.B. Evans
Date: 2017-2019
Medium: HD video 16:9 color and sound
Dimensions: 24 minutes 56 seconds
Collection: Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain: Video
Amos’ World is a fictional trilogy that tells the story of a progressive housing estate through the eyes of its architect, Amos, and its residents. Through live-action actors, animated characters, and both analogue and digital technologies, the series explores the relationships between architecture, power, and emotions. This first episode introduces Amos, the building’s architect. He embodies the archetype of the tormented white man whose arrogance precludes any self-reflection. Confusing his ambitions with reality, he remains incapable of perceiving their consequences. Alongside several residents, an allegorical character named The Weather also appears, tasked with tempering the architect’s moods. As the story unfolds, the building proves to be far from the ideal Amos had imagined: the residents’ physical and emotional needs gradually come into conflict with the behaviours he had planned for them.

Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

Exhibitions

Cécile B. Evans AMOS' WORLD: Episode One
Mumok, Vienne (Autriche)
from 23 Mar 2018 to 01 Jul 2023
Cécile B. Evans Amos' World
49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine, (France)
from 25 Oct 2019 to 26 Jan 2020
Cécile B. Evans Amo's World
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (Allemagne)
from 26 May to 15 Sep 2019
Cécile B. Evans: AMOS' WORLD
Tramway, Glasgow (Écosse)
from 14 Dec 2018 to 18 Mar 2019
Episode One – illy Present Future Prize 2016 Exhibition
Castello di Rivoli, Turin (Italie)
from 03 Nov 2017 to 07 Jan 2018
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